# Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099618` · 9/18/2018 · MOULTRIE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
- **Location:** 700 HWY 133 SOUTH, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31788
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a bearing and shaft while using a hammer when the hammer hit his left middle finger, causing an avulsion that resulted in a surgical amputation at the first joint.

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