# Amputations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018065826` · 6/13/2018 · CUDAHY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1 suite applewood lane, CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a stainless steel vat and their right thumb was caught and amputated between the frame of the vat cleaner and the bracing bar.

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