# Amputations at Blackgold Farms
> OSHA SIR `2015097013` · 9/23/2015 · DELHI, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-live roller
## Employer
- **Name:** Blackgold Farms
- **Location:** 2305 Hwy 17, DELHI, LOUISIANA, 71232
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a crate of sweet potatoes down a ramp to a roller table. His hand got caught and made contact with the drive chain sprocket, severing his right index finger and fracturing his ring and little finger.

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