# Amputations at BUTTERBALL LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053633` · 5/2/2021 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BUTTERBALL LLC
- **Location:** 411 NORTH MAIN, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting burgers. The divider between two conveyors fell off and the employee grabbed it by the handle. As the employee was trying to pull it back, the employee's hand got stuck; one of their fingers was smashed and another was amputated.

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