# Amputations at Nutraferma
> OSHA SIR `2017088137` · 8/23/2017 · NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nutraferma
- **Location:** 501 South Flynn, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a fermenter room when his right foot was caught in a machine's roller mechanism, partially amputating his right heel.

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