# Amputations at Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010481` · 1/15/2015 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods Of Gadsden LLC
- **Location:** 501 Paden Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee suffered an amputation of his right index finger while putting a bird's leg back into a shackle in the picking room. Employee's finger got caught in the moving shackle.

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