# Amputations at Wayne Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010633` · 1/22/2016 · DOTHAN, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 808 Ross Clark Circle NE, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading cages of poultry when the chain that carries the cages came off of the track. When the employee attempted to put the chain back on, the chain caught and partially amputated his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was still running at the time of the incident.

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