# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at JBS Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076153` · 7/5/2017 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 N. 8TH AVENUE, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a fleshing machine when an animal hide became stuck in the roller system. As the employee attempted to remove the hide, the employee's left hand was pinched between a rotating chain and sprocket, partially amputating the third digit fingertip and avulsing the second and fourth digits. The machine was guarded and was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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