# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2015129339` · 12/9/2015 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 3660 North Parkway, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/9/2015, at 12:15 a.m., an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when his left hand got caught under the belt. His left ring finger was amputated just above the lowest/first knuckle.

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