# Amputations at Nebraska Beef, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2020087902` · 8/20/2020 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Nebraska Beef, LTD
- **Location:** 4501 S 36th St., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing down a conveyor belt. He slipped on a platform and his glove went into a 3/4-inch gap in the back of the chain guard. The chain drive pulled in his hand. He suffered amputations to the left ring and index fingers.

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