# Amputations at Thompson Seed Potato
> OSHA SIR `2020043464` · 4/15/2020 · ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Harvesting and threshing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Seed Potato
- **Location:** 4501- 310th Trail, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA, 69301
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a chain on a piler when the piler was turned on. The employee's left index finger become caught and pinched between the chain and wheel sprocket, amputating the fingertip.

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