# Amputations at Perdue Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065077` · 6/1/2020 · MILFORD, DELAWARE
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Perdue Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 255 N. REHOBOTH BLVD., MILFORD, DELAWARE, 19963
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging chickens on shackles in the evisceration department. While removing a chicken from a hook, the employee's finger was lacerated by a double leg shackle resulting in a partial amputation.

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