# Amputations at DAVIDSON FARMS OF CRESTON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20161110419` · 11/4/2016 · CRESTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** DAVIDSON FARMS OF CRESTON, INC.
- **Location:** 20790 Rt. 30, CRESTON, ILLINOIS, 60113
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Friday November 4, 2016, at approximately 8:00 a.m., an employee was loading corn onto a running conveyor while a trailer was dumping corn nearby. The employee's right arm was caught on and amputated by the rotating power-take-off shaft of the auger, requiring hospitalization.

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