# Amputations involving bone loss at Purina Mills, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076498` · 7/17/2024 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers agricultural
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Purina Mills, Inc
- **Location:** 223 W 63rd Street, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71106
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an animal feed blender. The blender started and amputated the employee's right middle and ring fingers.

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