# Amputations at Swift Pork Company
> OSHA SIR `2019032893` · 3/19/2019 · BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Pork Company
- **Location:** 8295 Arenzville Rd, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:10 a.m. on March 19, 2019, a janitor working near the loin saddle position on the main break of a cut floor suffered a right ring finger amputation when reaching to grab a hook that was caught in a conveyor.

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