# Amputations at American Crystal Sugar Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054390` · 5/11/2020 · SIDNEY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Crystal Sugar Company
- **Location:** 35140 COUNTY ROAD 125, SIDNEY, MONTANA, 59270
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing a pre-check of the warehouse when he heard something metal coming down the screen. He opened the airlock and was investigating with his hand when the airlock fan blade amputated three of his fingers.

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