# Amputations at Mountaire Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054716` · 5/28/2016 · SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountaire Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 55 Hosier Street, SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE, 19975
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a machine when his right-hand middle finger came in contact with the chain drive, amputating the fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

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