# Amputations at Ward Feed Yard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023075954` · 7/5/2023 · LARNED, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ward Feed Yard, Inc.
- **Location:** 1034 I Road, LARNED, KANSAS, 67550
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the feed mill at the feed yard cleaning rocks out of the rolls on a corn flaker. While removing rocks, the equipment grabbed his glove and pulled his right hand into the pinch point, resulting in surgical amputation of the right index and middle fingers.

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