# Amputations at JBS USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099841` · 9/22/2018 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS USA LLC
- **Location:** 555 STUHR RD, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68802
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a spinal vacuum tank. The employee's right middle finger was caught in a valve; the tip was amputated.

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