# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024065287` · 6/14/2024 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the intestine-processing machine in the casing department. He was using a hook to remove casings from the machine when his left middle finger contacted the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.

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