# Amputations at GEORGE'S, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022021827` · 2/26/2022 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGE'S, INC.
- **Location:** 1306 N. KANSAS ST., SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to catch poultry paws as they left a vacuum system pipe chute to inspect their quality. The employee's fingertip contacted a pneumatic valve and was amputated.

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