# Amputations at Wayne Farms
> OSHA SIR `2021064785` · 6/12/2021 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms
- **Location:** 525 Wayne Drive, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was trying to remove a chicken tender from a machine when the machine amputated the tip of his right thumb.

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