# Amputations at Cargill Protein
> OSHA SIR `2018010970` · 1/30/2018 · SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Protein
- **Location:** 590 Road 9, SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA, 68661
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to grab a box of product to turn it around on a conveyor so the label on the box was facing the correct direction. Her gloved left hand slipped off of the box and was caught in the in-going nip point on the chain and sprocket, causing amputations to her left ring and pinky fingers.

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