# Amputations at Fieldale Farms
> OSHA SIR `2017043007` · 4/3/2017 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Fieldale Farms
- **Location:** 1540 Monroe Drive, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the lid to the vacuum hopper. The lid slipped out of his grasp and fell crushing his left index finger between the lid and the hopper resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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