# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020850` · 2/27/2015 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
- **Location:** 1501 E 8th St, LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67901
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to remove meat/fat particle from an auger with a stream of water. The employee then attempted to remove the particle with his hand. While attempting to remove the particle, the employee lost the middle finger on the left hand.

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