# Amputations at York Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2021087316` · 8/26/2021 · YORK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** York Cold Storage
- **Location:** 402 Commerce Street, YORK, NEBRASKA, 68467
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just washed out an emulsifier feed auger, a piece of equipment with two rotating augers. He noticed that liquid was no longer draining from the equipment. As he tried to free any product that might be causing a plug, the lower auger amputated his right index finger up to the nail.

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