# Amputations at ADM Grain Company
> OSHA SIR `2021098081` · 9/20/2021 · FARINA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ADM Grain Company
- **Location:** 109 Chestnut Street, FARINA, ILLINOIS, 62838
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/20/2021, around 6:50 a.m., an employee was taking grain samples when a splice on the conveyor belt pulled the sampling device out of the employee's hand. The employee's hand made contact with the sampling device and the conveyor cover. The employee sustained amputations to two fingertips on their right hand and was hospitalized.

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