# Amputations at Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017098582` · 9/6/2017 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation
- **Location:** 1100 Lincoln Road, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scooping meat out of a stuffing machine tray when his leg pressed against the actuating device. The machine turned on and partially amputated his right ring finger between the first and second knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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