# Amputations at HVFG, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021148` · 2/4/2020 · FERNDALE, NEW YORK
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** HVFG, LLC.
- **Location:** 80 Brooks Rd., FERNDALE, NEW YORK, 12734
- **NAICS:** 112390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on a feed auger. The auger activated and amputated the employee's right index finger at the middle joint.

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