# Amputations at Mar-Jac Poultry, AL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110847` · 11/27/2023 · JASPER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mar-Jac Poultry, AL, LLC
- **Location:** 3301 3rd Avenue South, JASPER, ALABAMA, 35501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging chicken on a poultry cut-up machine. He walked over to the tail cutter and was removing a piece of chicken when his left hand contacted the rotating blade. The employee's left index finger was amputated.

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