# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `20181213278` · 12/31/2018 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 1770 Promontory Circle, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80634
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning plastic debris off a machine. The employee's left index fingertip was caught in a chain and sprocket, suffering a partial amputation.

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