# Amputations at Dairy Farmers of America
> OSHA SIR `2023021414` · 2/14/2023 · YUMA, COLORADO
## 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Dairy Farmers of America
- **Location:** 8798 County Road 39, YUMA, COLORADO, 80759
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pumping milk from a tank into a trailer. The employee was closing a valve on the milk trailer when it forcefully shut around his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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