# Amputations at BUCKHEAD MEAT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020010819` · 1/24/2020 · HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** BUCKHEAD MEAT COMPANY
- **Location:** 200 Flannigan Rd., HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS, 60140
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a band saw when the employee's sleeve became caught, pulling the employee's arm into the saw blade and causing an amputation.

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