# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129286` · 12/8/2015 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 E. Trail Street, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the end of an auger when his left middle fingertip was amputated. The auger was not shut off at the time of the incident.

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