# Amputations at Swift Pork Company
> OSHA SIR `2022010641` · 1/21/2022 · BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Pork Company
- **Location:** 8295 Arenzville Rd, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bandsaw on a butt line to remove double bones from product. The employee tried to use a push stick to remove product from the bandsaw cutting platform, then reached to remove the product by hand and suffered a partial amputation to the ring finger.

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