# Amputations at Tamarack Mill, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211651` · 12/7/2017 · NEW MEADOWS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** Tamarack Mill, LLC
- **Location:** 3555 HWY 95, NEW MEADOWS, IDAHO, 83654
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a board from an auto edger when the employee's coat was caught in a sprocket. The rotating equipment then amputated the employee's arm.

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