# Amputations at PECO FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171212280` · 12/29/2017 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PECO FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 588 RAMSEY ST., BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a forklift cylinder. The employee was gauging the distance from the cylinder to the forklift mast through a hole with his left index finger when he asked a coworker to lower the forklift's mast. As the mast lowered, the employee's finger was caught between the mast and the cylinder, amputating the fingertip.

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