# Amputations at S&S Quality Meats
> OSHA SIR `2020054471` · 5/13/2020 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** S&S Quality Meats
- **Location:** 1542 South Hwy 99, EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a blender in a kitchen production area. The employee was removing a stuck piece of chicken when a paddle inside the machine pinched off the tip of the employee's left thumb.

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