# Amputations at AlaTrade Foods L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2019066087` · 6/17/2019 · PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** AlaTrade Foods L.L.C.
- **Location:** 6 Downing Dr, PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, 36869
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning pieces of meat from a poultry skinner. Her hand was caught in the machine, two opposing rubber belts (which rub skin off the meat as it enters the machine) caused an amputation of her left little fingertip, broke the tip of the bone, and degloved the palm side of the finger.

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