# Amputations at Golden Rod Broilers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021200` · 2/7/2017 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden Rod Broilers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2352 County Road 719, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35056
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While packing product on a conveyor system, an employee observed product accumulating at a part on the conveying line. When he attempted to clear the jam, his right hand was caught in the operating equipment, amputating his middle fingertip.

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