# Amputations at Cooper Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010963` · 1/29/2018 · SAINT HENRY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** Cooper Farms Processing, SAINT HENRY, OHIO, 45883
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of turkey from a de-skinning machine when the machine caught his glove and pulled his right hand into the equipment, amputating his right ring fingertip.

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