# Amputations at WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015074634` · 7/14/2015 · DOWNEY, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
## Employer
- **Name:** WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** I-15 @ MP 24-25, DOWNEY, IDAHO, 83234
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a rotomill machine on the ground checking asphalt depth. The employee used his foot instead of the air wand to remove excess. He caught his foot in the rotomill track injuring the right big toe. A physician amputated bone to close the wound.

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