# Amputations at Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
> OSHA SIR `2017010801` · 1/27/2017 · HAMMOND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
- **Location:** 13111 Highway 190 W, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 70404
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a switch operation during troubleshooting and got a finger caught in the motor belt resulting in two fingertip amputations.

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