# Amputations at WADSWORTH OLD CHICAGO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171111258` · 11/27/2017 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** WADSWORTH OLD CHICAGO, INC.
- **Location:** 8251 N Booth Ave, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64158
- **NAICS:** 722210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shredding chicken using a machine when his right hand entered the hopper and contacted the blades, amputating his middle finger from the nailbed.

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