# Amputations at Gem State Processing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108507` · 10/1/2021 · HEYBURN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem State Processing, LLC
- **Location:** 951 Hwy 30, HEYBURN, IDAHO, 83336
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was diagnosing a destoner pump to determine if it would spin freely. The tip of his right ring finger was caught between the belt and the sheave, and the fingertip was amputated.

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