# Amputations at Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110124` · 11/17/2022 · MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 247 Empire Drive, MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17059
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a box that was jammed when their hand got caught on the sharp outer edge of the machine guard, resulting in an amputation of the left thumb tip.

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