# Amputations at Cargill Meat Solution
> OSHA SIR `2017065432` · 6/14/2017 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solution
- **Location:** 3201 W. HIGHWAY 400, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand scrubbing a stainless steel hinged folding product chute when the chute closed on the employee's left pinky finger, fracturing it and amputating the fingertip.

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