# Amputations at BIRDSONG PEANUT CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017054286` · 5/11/2017 · BROWNFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** BIRDSONG PEANUT CO.
- **Location:** 1564 C.R. 474, BROWNFIELD, TEXAS, 79316
- **NAICS:** 424590
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging an airlock machine when her glove was caught in the machine. Her right ring and pinky fingers were then amputated at the first knuckle.

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