# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Idaho Milk Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064962` · 6/5/2024 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Idaho Milk Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2249 S Tiger Drive, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was installing a mechanical valve in the raw milk intake bay and testing it for operation when his finger became caught in the valve. It was activated and amputated his fingertip.

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