# Amputations at Rabes Quality Meat
> OSHA SIR `2017098862` · 9/15/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Rabes Quality Meat
- **Location:** 13075 Renfro Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68137
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing meat from a skinner machine when the blades lacerated his hand and fingers. His ring finger had to be surgically amputated.

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