# Amputations at Sanderson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161212036` · 12/30/2016 · PALESTINE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 320 Sanderson Farms Parkway, PALESTINE, TEXAS, 75803
- **NAICS:** 112390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a ladder and caught their right index finger in the hinge resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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