# Amputations at Superior Farms
> OSHA SIR `20171211590` · 12/6/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Superior Farms
- **Location:** 4900 Clarkson Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a table saw to cut loins of meat. When he attempted to grab a piece of loin his right middle finger contacted the blade and was cut, resulting in an amputation.

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