# Amputations at Hamer Pellet Fuel Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023098209` · 9/6/2023 · ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamer Pellet Fuel Co.
- **Location:** 46 Tom Waller Drive, ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26241
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pellet mill machine when his left index fingertip was amputated by the spinning die of the machine.

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