# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers
> OSHA SIR `2020065734` · 6/19/2020 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skinning and pushing meat with their hands when the meat skinner amputated the employee's left pinky finger. A hook was not used at the time of the incident.

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