# Amputations at SANDERSON FARMS
> OSHA SIR `20191011399` · 10/22/2019 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** SANDERSON FARMS
- **Location:** 2000 SHILOH AVE, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading empty pallet carts. Tension was applied to a flat metal winch hook, and his middle fingertip was pinched between the hook and a pallet cart. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

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