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Prairie Ag Partners

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Prairie Ag Partners in ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Prairie Ag Partners Report ID 2016076014
Address 405 S Hwy 81 City, State ZIP ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 57212
Event Date July 5, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Conveyors-bucket, cup
Industry (NAICS) 115112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.38000, -97.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping a millwright remove a backstop from the grain leg of a silo when the employee's left thumb was partially amputated by a de-energized belt and pulley that moved due to the weight of the product in the cups on top of it.

Incident Summary

On July 5, 2016, a worker at Prairie Ag Partners in ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with conveyors-bucket, cup identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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