# Amputations at PackerS Sanitation Contract Services, Inc. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015042026` · 4/15/2015 · BUTLER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PackerS Sanitation Contract Services, Inc. LLC
- **Location:** 4700 N. 132nd Street, BUTLER, WISCONSIN, 53007
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanitizing meat processing equipment. The employee turned the machine on and inserted a hose up the discharge chute to inject a chemical cleaning foam. The mixing head on the end of the machine caught and amputated the employee's finger.

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