# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co
> OSHA SIR `2024098287` · 9/6/2024 · SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co
- **Location:** Superior East Elevator, SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, 68978
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jammed airlock. They were removing grain dust from between the steel blades when their right hand struck one of the blades, resulting in amputations to three fingers.

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