# Amputations at Swift Beef Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016099034` · 9/23/2016 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Co.
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's coworker was sawing 1-inch hind shanks, while the employee pulled the product and bagged it after it was cut. A piece of fat was pulled into the saw. When the employee attempted to remove it, her left index finger was amputated just above the second knuckle.

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