# Amputations at Schwartz Farms Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021097724` · 9/8/2021 · LEIGH, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Schwartz Farms Inc
- **Location:** 240 South Main, LEIGH, NEBRASKA, 68643
- **NAICS:** 112210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the belt on a pulley system that turned a blower fan. His right middle finger was caught between the belt and the pulley and amputated below the nail.

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