# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Michael Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077125` · 7/22/2025 · WAKEFIELD, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Michael Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 58365 861 Rd, WAKEFIELD, NEBRASKA, 68784
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an 8-foot metal pipe to remove a manure blockage at the transfer to an incline conveyer. The employee s left hand was placed on top of the pipe while removing the blockage. The pipe pushed their left hand into the wooden railing of the platform they were standing on, catching their thumb in a pinch point and resulting in  partial amputation.

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