# Amputations at Farmers Pride Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20171211908` · 12/15/2017 · FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Pride Incorporated
- **Location:** 154 W. Main Street, FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17026
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was helping truss chickens and had placed her hand on the conveyor belt that was stopped due to a product back up. When the conveyor started, the employee's finger was caught in a metal part. The employee pulled her hand out of the part resulting in amputation of the left middle finger between the end of the nail and the knuckle.

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