# Amputations at Cimpl Meats
> OSHA SIR `2016010398` · 1/15/2016 · YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cimpl Meats
- **Location:** 1000 Cattle Drive, YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57078
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated two fingers when his hand contacted a running vertical band saw while he attempted to remove the ribs from the spine of a cattle rib set.

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