# Amputations at Smithfield Fresh Meats, Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20191011235` · 10/28/2019 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Smithfield Fresh Meats, Corp.
- **Location:** 1220 North 6th Street, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a bone from the jaw separating machine when their fingertip was pinched in the machine. The employee sustained an avulsion to the left index finger that required amputation of the fingertip.

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