# Amputations at Hereford Ethanol Partners LP
> OSHA SIR `2021087133` · 8/21/2021 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hereford Ethanol Partners LP
- **Location:** 4300 County Road 8, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 325193
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to break up products that were clogged in the rotary valve of a grain bin dust collector. The collector partially amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand, up to the second knuckle.

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