# Amputations at National Beef
> OSHA SIR `20171212111` · 12/21/2017 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** National Beef
- **Location:** 2000 E. Trail, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rip saw to cut a beef product when the blade partially amputated the outside tissue of his left pinky finger (no tendon or bone damage).

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