# Amputations at Swift Pork Company
> OSHA SIR `20171111380` · 11/30/2017 · BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Pork Company
- **Location:** 8295 ARENZVILLE ROAD, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 30, 2017, at approximately 5:35 PM, an employee was walking by a scrap vacuum blower when he made contact with the cloth part of the blower, breaking the plane. The vacuum blower then caught and amputated his left index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

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