# Amputations at JBS Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021021489` · 2/17/2021 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 800 N 8th Avenue, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a fallen piece of product from a conveyor. The conveyor belt entangled his left hand and pulled in his arm up to the elbow. The arm was amputated between the elbow and the shoulder.

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