# Amputations at FIELDALE FARMS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043289` · 4/6/2018 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** FIELDALE FARMS LLC
- **Location:** Fieldale Farms-Further Processing Plant, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing (spraying water) down a piece of equipment (pump) when he attempted to remove a piece of pipe. He removed a clamp from the pipe, and his finger entered the pipe. A blade (flight) that moves water inside the pipe then amputated his left middle finger at the first joint.

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