# Amputations at Empire Packing
> OSHA SIR `2017077048` · 7/27/2017 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## 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-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing
- **Location:** 113 Circle Freeway Drive, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45246
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working with meat on a conveyor had his finger amputated when it was caught in the running conveyor.

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