# Amputations at Swift Beef Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016098372` · 9/6/2016 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Co.
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a cleaning rod to clear ground beef out of a running grinder. The grinder grabbed the cleaning rod and pinned the employee's thumb to the machinery, amputating the tip.

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