# Amputations at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Soil Conservation Resea
> OSHA SIR `20171010475` · 10/31/2017 · MORRIS, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Combines
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Soil Conservation Resea
- **Location:** 803 Iowa Avenue, MORRIS, MINNESOTA, 56267
- **NAICS:** 541710
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On October 31, 2017, an employee was attempting to clear corn stalks from a combine because the retrofitted blower was not working correctly. The employee's right hand was inside the combine when the still-rotating chopper blades amputated it.

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