# Amputations at Zummo Meat Company
> OSHA SIR `20181010500` · 10/11/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Zummo Meat Company
- **Location:** 3705 St. James Blvd, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were cleaning a mixing machine. The injured employee was attempting to remove meat when the other employee rotated the mixer blades, resulting in an amputation of the injured employee's right hand above the wrist. The injured employee was hospitalized.

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