# Amputations at Cargill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076609` · 7/20/2016 · SAVAGE, MINNESOTA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill, Inc.
- **Location:** 12101 Lynn Ave, SAVAGE, MINNESOTA, 55378
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 20, 2016, at approximately 12:30 pm, an employee was in the process of moving a loaded barge with a cable that travels through a sheave. The employee's hand became caught in the sheave amputating the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers at the first knuckle.

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