# Amputations at Smithfield Farmland Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161110711` · 11/14/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Farmland Corporation
- **Location:** 2323 S. SHERIDAN ST., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67213
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a packaging machine, an employee's hand was caught between the ceiling head and the die, amputating the right middle fingertip. The guard was removed at the time.

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