# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `20201212120` · 12/31/2020 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Industrial Rd, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing hind feet in boxes when their artificial finger nail was caught in a segmented transfer conveyor. The employee sustained an avulsion and required surgical amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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