# Amputations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109950` · 10/22/2016 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 410 Kirk Road, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 22, 2016, an employee was pushing a stick cart. The employee had his left hand on top of the stick cart when he hit another stick cart. The wooden sticks came towards his hand amputating the distal part of his left middle finger.

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