# Amputations at JBS Souderton, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099029` · 9/23/2016 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton, Inc.
- **Location:** 249 Allentown Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a food packaging machine when his left ring fingertip was amputated.

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