# Amputations at Sanderson Farms
> OSHA SIR `2018054470` · 5/8/2018 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms
- **Location:** 301 Aviation Parkway, WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While attempting to remove a chicken thigh from a plastic modular belting line, an employee's finger was caught on a section of the belt resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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