# Amputations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS
> OSHA SIR `20161211341` · 12/5/2016 · MARSHALL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS
- **Location:** 3555 W. ARROW HWY 20, MARSHALL, MISSOURI, 65340
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a tool when he noticed water coming out of the tool's drain hole. He tipped the tool upwards to drain the water. When he was setting the tool down, it pinched and amputated his right middle fingertip between the seal support frame and the tray lifter.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*