# Amputations at Wiers Farm Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015085971` · 8/20/2015 · WILLARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiers Farm Incorporated
- **Location:** 4465 State Route 106 South, WILLARD, OHIO, 44890
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about August 20, 2015 at approximately 4:40 p.m., an employee received a hand injury while working on the pepper production line. The employee was feeling dizzy and went to sit on a small roller conveyor. As he sat down, he put his hand on a moving chain conveyor, which pulled his finger into the sprocket and partially amputated it.

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