# Amputations at Mountaire Farms of Delmarva
> OSHA SIR `2023064944` · 6/5/2023 · SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountaire Farms of Delmarva
- **Location:** 55 Hosier Street, SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE, 19944
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just placed a box and bag into a packaging machine and cycled the machine. The employee noticed that the bag was crooked and went to stop the machine. As they straightened the bag, the sealing bars of the machine closed onto employee's right middle finger and amputated it.

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