# Amputations at Southeastern Mills, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018021527` · 2/13/2018 · ROME, GEORGIA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Southeastern Mills, Inc
- **Location:** 333 Old Lindale Road, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading frozen chubs (tubes of meat) into the hydrauflaker. As he was trying to manipulate the chub around, his left ring finger was caught between the chub and ram (pusher) as it was returning to the home position. The left ring finger was pinched and the muscle on the finger was amputated.

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