# Amputations at STANDARD MEAT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021086850` · 8/12/2021 · SAGINAW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** STANDARD MEAT COMPANY
- **Location:** 455 Sansom Blvd, SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine. As he tried to remove a piece of plastic that was stuck inside the machine, one of the machine's knives cut his right ring finger and nicked his right little finger. The tip of the ring finger was amputated.

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