# Amputations at Organic Alternatives, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088878` · 8/26/2019 · FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
## 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:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Organic Alternatives, LLC
- **Location:** 337 Hickory Street, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 80524
- **NAICS:** 111422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding spent marijuana using a shredder/mulcher. As the employee tried to clear a jam, the grinder blade amputated the employee's left index finger.

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