# Amputations at Perdue Farms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032519` · 3/21/2022 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Perdue Farms, LLC
- **Location:** 1155 Candler Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that cools and smokes sausage. The employee was in the process of removing sausage which had jammed in the conveyor system of the machine when their left middle finger got caught between the belt and the pully resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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