# Amputations at Green Cover Seed
> OSHA SIR `20191213308` · 12/31/2019 · BLADEN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Green Cover Seed
- **Location:** 918 Road X, BLADEN, NEBRASKA, 68928
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was up in a lift, looking at a conveyor belt to find its serial number. The machine was turned on and the belt broke his left middle finger and removed the skin. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to amputate the fingertip.

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