# Amputations at Barefoot Pellet Co
> OSHA SIR `20231211120` · 12/5/2023 · TROY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barefoot Pellet Co
- **Location:** 22721 Route 14, TROY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16947
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a hammer mill dryer. The employee's left thumb was crushed between the dryer doors as they closed, causing a partial amputation to the thumb.

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