# Amputations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020098360` · 9/2/2020 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 33 Dart Rd, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30265
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a meat tenderizer machine, feeding small pieces of beef into the machine from the top opening. The machine became jammed with product and the employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring finger while trying to clear the jam.

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