# Amputations at Fieldale Farms Processing Plant
> OSHA SIR `2021032453` · 3/23/2021 · CORNELIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Fieldale Farms Processing Plant
- **Location:** 2115 Industrial Blvd., CORNELIA, GEORGIA, 30531
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a shaft that went through a motor and gearbox. The shaft caught his glove, causing him to suffer an amputation of the left index finger and a broken left middle finger.

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