# Amputations at Novita Nutrition
> OSHA SIR `2018032481` · 3/13/2018 · AURORA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Novita Nutrition
- **Location:** 47491 213th Street, AURORA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57002
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the feed conditioner when his left index finger was caught in the rotary valve in the feed cyclone resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

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