# Amputations at Growmark
> OSHA SIR `2016087447` · 8/10/2016 · SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Growmark
- **Location:** 1694 North Center Avenue, SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA, 15501
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a clump of fertilizer from a screw conveyor when two fingers on his left hand became caught and partially amputated in the conveyor.

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