# Amputations at Farmers Union Oil Company
> OSHA SIR `2018065976` · 6/18/2018 · PLAZA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Union Oil Company
- **Location:** 4165 64th Avenue NW, PLAZA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58771
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to diagnose why a customer's windshield washer pump was not working when his right ring finger was caught in the vehicle's serpentine belt, resulting in an amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*