# Amputations at Nicholas Meat, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054726` · 5/15/2018 · LOGANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nicholas Meat, LLC
- **Location:** 508 East Valley Road, LOGANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17747
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's fingers were inside a machine when a second employee activated the two-hand controls, powering the machine's hock cutter. The hock cutter then amputated the employee's fingers.

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