# Amputations at Emerald Valley Ranches
> OSHA SIR `2017077186` · 7/12/2017 · LIMESTONE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Seed planting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Emerald Valley Ranches
- **Location:** Noyes Rd & US Rt 1a, LIMESTONE, MAINE, 04750
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing maintenance on a broccoli planter, an employee received an amputation injury to his left index finger.

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