# Amputations at WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR EAST
> OSHA SIR `2015097182` · 9/29/2015 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR EAST
- **Location:** 100 PLUGS DRIVE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35602
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the packing department was adjusting the box taper when his left index finger was pinched in the unguarded chain and drive sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.

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