# Amputations at Hormel Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020077048` · 7/26/2020 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## 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-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3000 Kennedy Drive, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 26, 2020, an employee was checking can codes on a canning line. While retrieving a can, the employee's left middle finger was caught between the conveyor and a transfer plate and amputated.

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