# Amputations at Perdue Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043223` · 4/19/2021 · PERRY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Perdue Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 250 Ga. Hwy. 247 Spur, PERRY, GEORGIA, 31069
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was setting up a box binding machine for the next day. He came in contact with a timing belt and his right index fingertip was amputated.

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