# Amputations at National Beef Packing Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054805` · 5/30/2017 · SELINSGROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Beef Packing Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1811 Old North Trail, SELINSGROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17870
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing meat with a handheld knife when the blade partially amputated his left middle finger (no bone loss). Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

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