# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017099159` · 9/24/2017 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sausage ribbon blender when it engaged, amputating the employee's right index finger.

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