# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Prairie Central Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088393` · 8/22/2025 · CHENOA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Silos
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Central Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 33559 Hazel Street, CHENOA, ILLINOIS, 61726
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 22, 2025, an employee was working to remove a blockage of grain from a spout in the basement. The gate was manually closed from the floor above to stop the flow of grain to the leg. The gate closed down on the employee, causing the amputation of their left middle fingertip.

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