# Amputations at CSS Potato Farms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109956` · 10/22/2016 · MALAD CITY, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Conveyors-roller
## Employer
- **Name:** CSS Potato Farms, LLC
- **Location:** 708 S 5800 W, MALAD CITY, IDAHO, 83252
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring a potato conveyor line when the rollers began sticking due to mud and dirt. He was using a crowbar to remove the mud and dirt when it was drawn into the conveyor.  His gloves were also drawn in, crushing and amputating his left thumb.

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