# Amputations at Cargill
> OSHA SIR `2016010799` · 1/27/2016 · SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill
- **Location:** 490 Rd. 9, SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA, 68661
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached for a box that was jammed in the ground beef burger tray former machine. When he removed the box, the machine started and pulled his hand into a chain resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.

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