# Amputations at Nu-tek Food Science, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021065208` · 6/26/2021 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nu-tek Food Science, LLC
- **Location:** 1301 39th Street North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a bulk bag underneath a hopper when his left hand became caught on the rotary airlock, resulting in amputations to his index, middle, and ring fingers.

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