# Amputations at Gem State Processing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043346` · 4/18/2022 · HEYBURN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem State Processing, LLC
- **Location:** 951 Hwy 30, HEYBURN, IDAHO, 83336
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a dehydrator circulation fan that was moving due to centrifugal force. The employee attempted to stop the fan with a wrench. His hand was forced into the framework resulting in a partial amputation to the right middle finger.

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