# Amputations at Branding Iron Holdings Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020076162` · 7/1/2020 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Branding Iron Holdings Inc
- **Location:** 1682 Sauget Business Blvd, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62206
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 7:47 a.m. on July 2, 2020, an employee was clearing leakage from a meat processing machine. The machine's moving mold plate amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

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