# Amputations at Raeford Farms of LA*
> OSHA SIR `2018032525` · 3/14/2018 · CHOUDRANT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Raeford Farms of LA*
- **Location:** 447 N. Depot Avenue, CHOUDRANT, LOUISIANA, 71227
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a right thumb amputation while changing the belt on a pulley that drives a conveyor auger.

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