# Amputations at Wayne Farms LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032132` · 3/9/2022 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms LLC
- **Location:** 110 Plugs Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a material jam from a packing machine. A sealing plate on the machine came down, causing a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded and not locked out at the time.

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