# Amputations at Cargill Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021054225` · 5/24/2021 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Incorporated
- **Location:** 862 West Ridge Rd., GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cracker mill designed to grind soy beans. The employee was clearing a jam in the machine when their right hand was caught between two cracker rolls (8" blades) resulting in amputation of their pinky, ring, and middle fingers and a partial amputation of their right palm.

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