# Amputations at AlaTrade Foods L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2015030983` · 3/4/2015 · BOAZ, ALABAMA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** AlaTrade Foods L.L.C.
- **Location:** 695 West Henderson Rd, BOAZ, ALABAMA, 35957
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee reached into a poultry skinning machine to push meat through. The metal mesh glove she was wearing became caught and pulled her hand into the machine, amputating her middle fingertip and nail.

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