# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2017021776` · 2/24/2017 · CACTUS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 5950 Trails End Road, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 24, 2017, an employee was sanitizing the hock cutter when it amputated his finger pad.

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