# Amputations involving bone loss at Double G Farms, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024109315` · 10/5/2024 · BLAINE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Dump trucks
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Double G Farms, Inc
- **Location:** 407 Robinson Road, BLAINE, MAINE, 04734
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading potatoes from a large dump-style truck with a conveyor in the bed and was retrieving potatoes that fell into the collection tray area beneath the truck bed. The employee's glove became caught and his right hand and forearm were pulled between the belt and the tensioner bar. The employee sustained an amputation of their right arm to the mid-biceps area.

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