# Amputations at JBS Souderton Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111654` · 11/12/2018 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton Inc.
- **Location:** 249 Allentown Rd., SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a shear pin in a cog and drive chain system when the employee's left index finger was caught in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a partial amputation.

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