# Amputations at Golden State Foods
> OSHA SIR `2015063987` · 6/23/2015 · CONYERS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden State Foods
- **Location:** 1525 Old Covington Road NE, CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30013
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning the outside of a bulk meat grinder, an employee's right hand was amputated when he reached through a sample grinder port. This incident took place at approximately 9:00 PM on 6/23/15. The employee was hospitalized.

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