# Amputations at Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054407` · 5/31/2021 · FLATONIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1522 Flatonia Airfiled Lane, FLATONIA, TEXAS, 78941
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the manure belt in the barn using a broom. The broom became caught in the manure belt. The employee attempted to free the broom and amputated their left index finger.

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