# Amputations at Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016043192` · 4/16/2016 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
- **Location:** 200 South Emmber Lane, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53233
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee shut off the screw conveyor to readjust the machine's lid and prevent ground meat from leaking onto the floor. As the employee was closing the cover of the screw conveyor, the passing fulcrum lever amputated his left ring fingertip.

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