# Amputations at JBS Souderton
> OSHA SIR `2023031996` · 3/3/2023 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton
- **Location:** 249 Allentown Rd., SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a box in a case sealer machine when their finger contacted the drive belt and pulley, resulting in amputation to the right middle finger.

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