# Amputations at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2015129066` · 12/1/2015 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 18317 Highway 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a wheel feed guide. As he exited the area, his hand got caught in the feed channel wheels, crushing and amputating his left thumb.

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