Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mar-Jac Poultry, AL, LLC, 3301 3rd Avenue South, JASPER, ALABAMA 35501
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was hanging chicken on a poultry cut-up machine. He walked over to the tail cutter and was removing a piece of chicken when his left hand contacted the rotating blade. The employee's left index finger was amputated.
An employee was walking between the production floor and the quality assurance office when he slipped on the wet concrete floor and fell, resulting in a fractured left hip.
An employee was putting a chain back on the drive sprocket of the live hang. The line came on, catching his hand between the sprocket and the chain, resulting in a cut and fracture to the left hand.
An employee was repairing the feed rail on a strapper machine when his hand was struck by the pendulum and rotating assembly of the strapper. He suffered lacerations to his right hand and a fractured right pinky finger. He was hospitalized.
An employee was spraying down overhead belts from the third step of a ladder. He fell onto a moving belt, lacerating his right elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.
An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.
On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.