# Amputations at Cargill Meat Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2021021357` · 2/16/2021 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions
- **Location:** 3201 W. US Hwy 400, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shackling a cow's leg when the employee's mesh glove was caught in the shackle chain, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger pad.

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