# Amputations at Western States Automation LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074640` · 7/14/2015 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Western States Automation LLC
- **Location:** 4647 N Fenton St, BOISE, IDAHO, 83714
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a valve with a finger when the valve closed, amputating the left index finger to the first knuckle.

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