# Amputations at Mountaire Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010786` · 10/18/2018 · SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountaire Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 55 Hosier Street, SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE, 19975
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing wings between separators feeding a wing segmenter machine when her left pointer finger was caught between the edge of the manufacturer's guard and the top of one of the separators, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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