# Amputations at Synergy Community Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2019043373` · 4/1/2019 · CAMERON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Synergy Community Cooperative
- **Location:** 2031 13-12 1/2 Ave Cameron, CAMERON, WISCONSIN, 54822
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a water hose to clear material out of the discharge end of a screw auger of a tender truck. The employee's fingers were pulled into the discharge end of the auger; two fingers were amputated.

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