# Amputations at J.R. Simplot Company
> OSHA SIR `20231211523` · 12/20/2023 · GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J.R. Simplot Company
- **Location:** 3630 Gateway Drive, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58201
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a shredder machine to ensure it was clean. Their fingers were caught and crushed inside the machine resulting in an amputation.

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