# Amputations at Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company
> OSHA SIR `2015042053` · 4/16/2015 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company
- **Location:** 509 E Taylor Rd, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the spiral freezer production department was taking the tunnel pan cover off the spiral chain when the cover came down and amputated the employee's left hand middle fingertip.

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