# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042138` · 4/20/2015 · ARCADIA, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3867 2nd St., ARCADIA, LOUISIANA, 71001
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the paddles on a bone canon when his frock was caught in the machine. The employee tried to free himself from the machine and in the process his hand was caught in the machine. His left pinky finger was amputated as a result.

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