# Amputations at Agropur Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087376` · 8/3/2017 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Agropur Inc.
- **Location:** 547 West Nez Perce Ave, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an empty pallet jack used to hoist bags of whey to a platform when her hand was caught between the jack and a safety rail, crushing her right index finger. Her finger had to be surgically amputated below the first joint.

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