# Amputations at Sanderson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021676` · 2/14/2019 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Shiloh Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming chicken frames in a rapid deboner. His left index finger was caught between a guard and a chicken frame, resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.

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