# Amputations at Mountaire Farms of Delaware
> OSHA SIR `2022042943` · 4/2/2022 · MILLSBORO, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountaire Farms of Delaware
- **Location:** 29006 John J. Williams Highway, MILLSBORO, DELAWARE, 19966
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a rebuild of an auto-rehanger carriage, replacing the shaft and bearings. He had installed the last shaft bearing and realized that it was not seated properly. While working to remove the bearing with a hammer, he struck the bearing housing; the shaft and bearing housing dropped approximately one inch, catching his left middle fingertip against the machine frame. The employee sustained an amputation to the finger.

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