# Amputations at BEF Food, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099907` · 9/25/2018 · SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** BEF Food, Inc.
- **Location:** 1109 East  Industrial Dr., SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling inedible scraps from the floor into a small tote to dispose of them when his hand reached up and into a meat grinder's moving auger, resulting in the amputation of his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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