# Amputations at Peco Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181213209` · 12/27/2018 · POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 4114 US 67 South, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with the cleaning of a batter applicator machine. While removing a segment of poultry from a pipe, which was connected to a 1.5-inch positive displacement pump, the employee's right index fingertip was amputated by the pump.

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