# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers
> OSHA SIR `2019044284` · 4/27/2019 · HEREFORD, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an animal carcass while tightening a chain and pushing buttons on the controls at the same time. His finger was amputated in the chain.

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