# Amputations at ConAgra Foods
> OSHA SIR `20171211904` · 12/15/2017 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** ConAgra Foods
- **Location:** 3100 E Main St, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing dressing in a 500-pound mixer when his right hand entered the machine, amputating his second, third, and fourth fingers from the distal phalanges to the second knuckle. The mixer was guarded at the time.

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