# Amputations at John Morrell & Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017109632` · 10/7/2017 · 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:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** John Morrell & Co.
- **Location:** 1400 NORTH WEBER AVENUE, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a switch on a rail line. The switch is near the main chain that pulls hog carcasses through the conveyor. The employee's glove was caught in the chain and the employee's left finger was amputated.

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