# Amputations at Prairie Smokehouse Partners LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021119699` · 11/9/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Smokehouse Partners LLC
- **Location:** 2601 Colt Road, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62707
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 9, 2021, an employee was getting a machine ready to run when his left middle finger contacted a serrated blade and was partially amputated.

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