# Amputations involving bone loss at Dakota Provisions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024042921` · 4/2/2024 · HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Rollers, cylinders
- **Secondary source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Provisions, LLC
- **Location:** 2020 Center Street West, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:49 AM, on April 2, 2024, an employee was assembling grinder equipment and installing the cylinder of the equipment when their left index finger became pinched between the cylinder and the grinding equipment. This resulted in the surgical amputation of the distal finger joint.

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