# Amputations at Supreme Rice, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181213291` · 12/31/2018 · MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Supreme Rice, LLC
- **Location:** 102 South 13th St., MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA, 70556
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an airlock system. Rotating cups within the system lacerated the employee's left index finger; the fingertip was medically amputated.

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