# Amputations at Perdue Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032298` · 3/14/2022 · PERRY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Perdue Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 250 Ga. Hwy. 247 Spur, PERRY, GEORGIA, 31069
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a line in a chicken breast processing department. The employee was clearing a jam (consisting of two full chickens, minus the wings and legs). One of the chicken bodies contacted the employee's right hand, causing it in turn to make contact with a rotating 12-inch saw. The employee's middle finger was amputated.

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