# Amputations at Frontier Ag, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110323` · 11/1/2016 · BREWSTER, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Ag, Inc.
- **Location:** 428 kansas ave, BREWSTER, KANSAS, 67732
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a feed mill grinder when a belt started slipping. As he was checking the belt, the machine energized and pulled his right middle finger in, pinching it between the belt and pulley and amputating his fingertip. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time of the incident.

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