# Amputations involving bone loss at Hiland Dairy
> OSHA SIR `2024098756` · 9/19/2024 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Hiland Dairy
- **Location:** 700 East Omaha Avenue, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was palletizing ice cream when his fingers got caught in a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputations of the middle and ring fingers.

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