# Amputations at Hormel Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20221110296` · 11/23/2022 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 23, 2022, an employee was using a meat cutting machine. The machine became jammed and upon clearing the jam, the employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

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