# Amputations at Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `20181010753` · 10/18/2018 · HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 40253 US Highway 14, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a wheeled rack in a holding cooler when one of his left-hand fingers was caught and crushed between the rack he was pulling and another rack, later resulting in a surgical amputation.

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