# Amputations involving bone loss at Travis Christensen Farms
> OSHA SIR `2024054752` · 5/30/2024 · MELBA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Travis Christensen Farms
- **Location:** 9193 Big Foot Road, MELBA, IDAHO, 83641
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a processor unit. They manually rotated the cutter drum and both thumbs became caught in a pinch point between the knife blades once the drum started moving. Their right thumb was partially amputated to the knuckle, their hand was lacerated, and their left thumb was lacerated and required stitches. The machine was not energized at the time.

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