# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc., LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2020010836` · 1/26/2020 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services Inc., LTD.
- **Location:** National Beef Packing Company, LLC, LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67901
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing equipment with a high-pressure hose when he raised one of his legs approximately 3 feet off the ground and his foot entered an opening in the side of the equipment. His foot became entangled with the equipment, resulting in an amputation at the left knee.

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