# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077246` · 7/17/2019 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2650 West Chase Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53207
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanitizing equipment when the auger from a meat grinder amputated their right index finger. The machine was energized at the time.

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