# Amputations at Agropur Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010070` · 1/4/2023 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Agropur Inc.
- **Location:** 547 West Nez Perce Ave, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the valve stem on a pneumatic valve when the valve actuated and closed on their thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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