# Amputations at Cargill Meat Solutions Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032582` · 3/15/2018 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions Inc.
- **Location:** 200 S. Ember Lane, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing packaging from a block of frozen meat when the block tipped and pinched the employee's fingertip between the block of meat and the table, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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