# Amputations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032124` · 3/10/2021 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been observing the trolley line. His hand came in contact with a pinch point on the trolley where the carcass changes direction to proceed into the deep chill cooler. The employee sustained a partial amputation of his left ring finger.

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