# Amputations at Foster Farms Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019065508` · 6/1/2019 · FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Foster Farms Corporation
- **Location:** 6648 Hwy 15 N., FARMERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71241
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder when a nearby belt and pulley system caught his left hand, causing the amputation of the little finger.

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