# Amputations at Packer Sanitation Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021416` · 2/13/2017 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Packer Sanitation Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1131 Dakota Avenue, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning trim extruders on the lower side of a locked out auger. During the cleaning process, the equipment was unlocked. At that time, the employee's right finger entered the auger's drain port and was amputated.

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