# Amputations at USA Pork Packers Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077140` · 7/15/2019 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Pork Packers Inc
- **Location:** 328 S. WYOMING ST., HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
- **NAICS:** 115210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 15, 2019, at approximately 5:15 PM, an employee was cutting meat on a bandsaw. The employee's glove got caught on the bandsaw blade and pulled his left thumb into the blade resulting in the amputation of the thumb tip.

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