# Amputations involving bone loss at Sanderson Farms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098966` · 9/25/2024 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, LLC
- **Location:** 13523 FM 2015, TYLER, TEXAS, 75708
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing down a conveyor belt in the live hang section using pressure-washing and foaming hoses. She opened the gear box to the conveyor and her right hand was caught by a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of her hand. The gear box was not guarded at the time.

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