# Amputations at SEABOARD FOODS, LP
> OSHA SIR `2021020959` · 2/3/2021 · HOLYOKE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by animal, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Swine and other porcines
## Employer
- **Name:** SEABOARD FOODS, LP
- **Location:** 22449 Co Rd 36, HOLYOKE, COLORADO, 80734
- **NAICS:** 112210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a sow farm conducting feeding operations. The employee was cleaning the feed-in feeder when his hand startled a sow. The sow thrust her head upwards, catching the employee's left ring finger between the sow's head and the top support bar of the feeder. The fingertip was amputated.

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