# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `20221211262` · 12/30/2022 · JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1920 Lacy Dr., JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, 66441
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam of packaging material on a packaging machine. The crosscut blades inside the machine activated and contacted his left hand, causing partial amputations to his thumb and index finger.

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