# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2018065506` · 6/5/2018 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to hoist a cow with a winch. When the winch was activated, the  employee's finger was caught in the chain causing a fingertip amputation.

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