# Amputations at Seaboard Farms Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018076892` · 7/10/2018 · GUYMON, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Seaboard Farms Corporation
- **Location:** 2700 28th Street, GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, 73942
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a carcass splitter when a carcass became caught on the splitter blade. As the employee attempted to clear the carcass, the line restarted and the blade amputated the employee's left index finger to the distal interphalangeal joint. The blade was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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