# Amputations at Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20190910055` · 9/25/2019 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
- **Location:** 1505 E Burlington Road, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a side puller that removes animal hides when his hand was caught in the gripper, resulting in amputations of the fourth and fifth fingertips.

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