# Amputations at Wayne Farms, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20190910030` · 9/25/2019 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms, LLC.
- **Location:** 100 Plugs Dr., DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a film jam on a bagger. The bagger's jaws closed on the employee's left index finger, causing an amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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