# Amputations at NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2017065318` · 6/10/2017 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. L.P.
- **Location:** 2000 E. TRAIL, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packaging products into boxes on a conveyor line when the employee's hand slipped between the conveyor belt and a broken guard, de-gloving the ring finger down to the base of the nail which was then amputated.

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