# Amputations at Zummo Meat Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021607` · 2/15/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Zummo Meat Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 3705 St. James Blvd., BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the meat grinding machine. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was inside resulting in amputation of the right index, middle, ring and pinky fingers at the first knuckle.

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