# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `20161111071` · 11/28/2016 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger became stuck in a door jamb after the door closed on it. When he pulled away, his right pinky finger was de-gloved and had to be amputated to the first joint.

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