# Amputations at Beef Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010492` · 1/19/2016 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Beef Products Inc.
- **Location:** 360 164th St. S., SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an auger and replacing a plug when the flight of the auger amputated 1/4 of the left middle finger.

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