# Amputations at National Beef Packing Co LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097210` · 9/5/2015 · DODGE CITY, 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:** National Beef Packing Co LLC
- **Location:** 2000 E.Trail, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning the blade area on a hock cutter the "double trigger" was inadvertently activated resulting in the amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle and a partial amputation of the tip of the middle finger.

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