# Amputations at Empirical Foods
> OSHA SIR `2021075638` · 7/9/2021 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Empirical Foods
- **Location:** 390 164th St, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a band saw when their left pinky finger was caught in the pneumatic clamp resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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