# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087720` · 8/17/2016 · CACTUS, TEXAS
## 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:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 5950 Trails End Road, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up trash and had his hand on the outside of the table when someone moved the table and it pinched his fingers, amputating his right middle finger to the first knuckle.

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