# Amputations at Lamb Weston
> OSHA SIR `2022108870` · 10/8/2022 · AMERICAN FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamb Weston
- **Location:** 2975 Lamb Weston Road, AMERICAN FALLS, IDAHO, 83211
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a palm grinder to round edges on a metal sheet. The grinder blade caught his cut-resistant glove, pulled in his right thumb, and partially amputated it.

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