# Amputations at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2023087459` · 8/15/2023 · CACTUS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Knives-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 5950 Trails End Road, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went over to a co-worker's station while the co-worker was using a powered meat knife. As the injured employee was pointing, his right index fingertip was amputated.

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