# Amputations at Perdue Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20190910158` · 9/28/2019 · PERRY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Perdue Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 250 Ga. Highway 247 Spur, PERRY, GEORGIA, 31069
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running the flex line in the re-hang department. While removing a chicken wing, the employee's hand was caught and the left middle finger was amputated by the wing saw.

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