# Amputations at Swift Beef Company-Wet Blue Tannery
> OSHA SIR `2017065648` · 6/20/2017 · CACTUS, TEXAS
## 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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company-Wet Blue Tannery
- **Location:** 5950 Trail End Road, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a right index finger amputation to the first knuckle while operating a stuffer machine.

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