# Amputations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016109881` · 10/20/2016 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** Cattle and other bovines
## Employer
- **Name:** CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1505 E. BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A serpentine gate was closed.  The employee pulled the pin in order to open the gate when a cow rammed the gate and his left ring finger was pinched between the gate and the cement wall.  The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated and the middle finger was fractured.

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