# Amputations at Lula-Westfield, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088807` · 8/26/2018 · PAINCOURTVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lula-Westfield, LLC
- **Location:** Hwy 1005, PAINCOURTVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70391
- **NAICS:** 311311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a chunk of lime from the rotary vein of a silo's rotary valve when the rotary vein pulled his right hand into the valve, resulting in a partial right little finger amputation.

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