# Amputations at Greenfield Custom Meat
> OSHA SIR `2021098352` · 9/28/2021 · MERIDIAN, IDAHO
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Greenfield Custom Meat
- **Location:** 2965 West Amity Road, MERIDIAN, IDAHO, 83642
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packaging meat with a plastic packing machine. The employee attempted to remove a jam in the machine when their left index finger contacted the machine's cutting blade, resulting in a 3/4-inch amputation.

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