# Amputations at Swift Beef Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017076377` · 7/11/2017 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Co.
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a bale of material that had settled into a grated auger opening. As he reached to replace the grating over the auger, his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the grating and the running auger.

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