# Amputations at New Angus, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054666` · 5/14/2018 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** New Angus, LLC
- **Location:** 13 135th Street South West, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a side puller to see whether a contractor had sanitized it when the machine actuated while his hand was inside. His left hand was caught in the side puller, amputating portions of his index, middle, and ring fingers. The side puller was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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