# Amputations at Wayne Farms LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015063395` · 6/3/2015 · DECATUR, 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms LLC
- **Location:** 112 Plugs Drvie, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was working on the sausage line and caught his finger in the machine while he was trying to remove a piece of hanging sausage.  The incident resulted in the amputation of the third and fourth digit on the right hand.

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