# Amputations at Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20231110482` · 11/14/2023 · STEVENS, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated
- **Location:** 28 Stevens Road, STEVENS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17578
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cleared dust accumulation from the exhaust fan blades of a pellet cooler before cleaning the pellet cooler itself. As they were closing the inspection hatch to the airlock, the fan blade contacted three fingers on their right hand, resulting in a laceration to the index finger and fingertip amputations of the ring and middle fingers that required further amputation past the nailbed.

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