# Amputations at Foster Farms Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021064573` · 6/5/2021 · FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Foster Farms Corporation
- **Location:** 6648 HWY 15 North, FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71241
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a pump with chicken product. His right hand got caught in the pump, and the index and middle fingertips were amputated.

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