# Amputations at Peco Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109507` · 10/8/2016 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Kauloosa Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing vats of chicken in the deboning area. The employee's left thumb was caught and partially amputated between two vats.

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