# Amputations involving bone loss at Leprino Foods Company
> OSHA SIR `2024043328` · 4/16/2024 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Leprino Foods Company
- **Location:** 2400 East Beaver Avenue, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a valve and amputated their left index fingertip above the first knuckle.

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