# Amputations at RICELAND FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2017098755` · 9/12/2017 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** RICELAND FOODS
- **Location:** 1200 North Park Avenue, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 311222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually lowering a piece of steel from the fifth floor to the first floor using ropes when he lost control of the rope. His left ring fingertip was then caught and amputated between the rope and the fifth floor guardrail.

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