# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2023032230` · 3/11/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 805 East Kemper Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45246
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a conveyor drive sprocket when their right middle finger was caught in the chain, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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