# Amputations at Valley Irrigation
> OSHA SIR `2020098948` · 9/21/2020 · VALLEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Irrigation
- **Location:** 28800, VALLEY, NEBRASKA, 68064
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a machine press using his hands to guide the machine at the bottom. The machine fell into place and crushed his right index finger resulting in amputation above the first joint.

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