# Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017032455` · 3/16/2017 · HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-roller
## Employer
- **Name:** SANDERSON FARMS INC.
- **Location:** 28163 HWY. 28, HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, 39083
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a box when his left middle finger was pinched on a knuckle chain amputating it just below the fingernail.

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