# Amputations at Riviana Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076620` · 7/1/2019 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Riviana Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 505 Port Rd, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a palletizer and removed some bolts from the palletizer. A piece of metal then slipped and pinned his right ring finger, resulting in a finger amputation.

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