# Amputations at Spearfish Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2016076365` · 7/14/2016 · SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Spearfish Forest Products
- **Location:** 1510 West Oliver, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57783
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing a conveyor when his foot slipped from the framework he was standing on and ended up on the chain drive and sprocket. The drive and sprocket crushed the toe box of his boot, partially amputating his right big toe.

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