# Amputations at Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112105` · 11/27/2018 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 327 Wallace Road, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30065
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing off the hen line and noticed a shackle that was off the rail. He reached to put it back on the rail and caught his right thumb in the shackle. The thumb was amputated between the first and second joint.

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