# Amputations at Coastal Processing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087617` · 8/15/2016 · LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Processing, LLC
- **Location:** 1670 Forstmann Rd, LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, 30434
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right index fingertip was smashed and amputated before the first joint while cleaning chicken parts out of a machine conveyor area.

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