# Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS
> OSHA SIR `2016088011` · 8/25/2016 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## 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:** SANDERSON FARMS
- **Location:** 2000 SHILOH AVE, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on the vertical bagging machine. When the employee hit the reset button, the bottom metal bar that seals the bag closed amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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