# Amputations at Supreme Rice, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032458` · 3/7/2019 · MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Supreme Rice, LLC
- **Location:** 102 South 13th Street, MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA, 70556
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new AC motor on a sheller. The come-along chain was pulled into the conveyor below and pulled the chain down onto the employee's left hand, amputating the middle and index fingers.

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