# Avulsions, enucleations at Swift Beef Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016032265` · 3/15/2016 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Co.
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing maintenance on a saw, an employee's left hand contacted the moving saw blade, resulting in a left-hand avulsion. The saw guard was not affixed properly at the time of the incident.

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