# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `20161110745` · 11/15/2016 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to fix a belt drive in a casing machine when a coworker plugged the machine back in, causing the belt drive to engage. The employee's right index finger was then caught in a sprocket and de-gloved, resulting in a medical amputation to the first joint. The equipment was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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