# Amputations at Rich Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019032820` · 3/18/2019 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Rich Products Corporation
- **Location:** 3555 East 14th St., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the scraper bar on a freezer belt exit. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the scraper and the belt; the top knuckle (right under the nailbed) and finger pad were amputated.

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