# Amputations at Farm Fresh Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021888` · 2/24/2018 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Farm Fresh Foods LLC
- **Location:** 5016 Grimes Drive, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a cardboard compactor with a metal rod. The compactor pulled the metal rod in and the employee's hand was caught in the compactor, resulting in partial amputation of the ring finger on the left hand.

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