# Amputations at JBS USA
> OSHA SIR `2022021316` · 2/11/2022 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS USA
- **Location:** 555 S STUHR RD, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was supervising the operation of a down puller machine when his right thumb was caught in the mechanism, resulting in a partial amputation.

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