# Amputations at Shearer's Foods
> OSHA SIR `2019088502` · 8/17/2019 · NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shearer's Foods
- **Location:** 3636 Medallion Ave, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a tortilla machine. The pneumatic attachment to the masa pump had been removed to prepare for cleaning, and the rotor inside the pump amputated her right middle finger at the first knuckle.

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