# Amputations at PACKERS SANITATION SERVICES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020098760` · 9/15/2020 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PACKERS SANITATION SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** 2223 COUNTY RD. I, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scrubbing the framework of a stand that held a tabletop scale. As the employee moved the scale, it fell to the floor and onto his left middle finger and amputated 1/4 inch of the finger.

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