# Amputations at Ricos Products Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211383` · 12/6/2016 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ricos Products Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 3011 Pinewood, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76010
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a right finger amputation while attempting to remove food products from the jammed motor blades of a vacuum tortilla oven.

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