# Amputations involving bone loss at Natural Recycled Proteins
> OSHA SIR `20241110710` · 11/17/2024 · WAKEFIELD, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** Natural Recycled Proteins
- **Location:** 58555 Hwy 35 E, WAKEFIELD, NEBRASKA, 68784
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collecting a sample from under an auger using a sample tube. The sample tube became clogged with dirt. He tapped it against the auger to dislodge the dirt when the auger contacted his middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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