# Amputations at Mickelsen Farms
> OSHA SIR `2023109099` · 10/2/2023 · ROBERTS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mickelsen Farms
- **Location:** 199East 100 North, ROBERTS, IDAHO, 83444
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to unclog an evenflow bin (farm equipment) full of potatoes when their right arm got caught. The arm was surgically amputated at the elbow.

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