# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076520` · 7/20/2023 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 800 N 8th Avenue, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a palletizer. After completing maintenance, the employee was re-aligning the chain drive with another employee. The employees were jumping the chain and using a prybar to align it on the sprocket. The pry bar slipped and the injured employee's left middle finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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