# Amputations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129584` · 12/18/2015 · ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 Rivers Edge Drive, ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15068
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was unloading a pallet to make a box using the mechanical rollback storage rack. The pallet got stuck and the employee attempted to dislodge the pallet with a rod/pole.  The employee lost his footing and fell. The employee's left pinky finger was smashed by the falling pallet.

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