# Amputations at YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016109471` · 10/7/2016 · IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
- **Location:** 3725 W. 65TH STREET SOUTH, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83402
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a pouch converting machine when she noticed a fold in the plastic and attempted to correct it. At the same time, the operator jogged the machine, which pulled her hand between two rollers and amputated her index finger and half of her pinky finger. The guard was not in place at the time.

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