# Amputations at Foster farms
> OSHA SIR `2018043515` · 4/12/2018 · FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Foster farms
- **Location:** 6648 La-15, FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71241
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a photo sensor on a pallet wrapper. As he was lowering the top plate onto the machine, the plate dropped onto one of his fingers, amputating the fingertip.

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