# Amputations at GREEN BAY DRESSED BEEF PROCESSING
> OSHA SIR `2016076709` · 7/23/2016 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** GREEN BAY DRESSED BEEF PROCESSING
- **Location:** 800 University Ave., GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54302
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to install a plug on a blender conveyor to stop meat trimmings from going into the blender. Her fingers then came in contact with the conveyor paddle of the conveyor, amputating a portion of the third finger (from the fingernail to the tip) and causing an avulsion to the second finger.

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