# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043247` · 4/12/2023 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 800 N 8TH AVENUE, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a trolley return chain when he was caught in it, resulting in an amputation to his lower left arm below the elbow.

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