# Amputations at Harvest Rice, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065738` · 6/19/2020 · MCGEHEE, 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Harvest Rice, Inc.
- **Location:** 1232 High Street, MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS, 71654
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a jam occurred. As the employee was clearing plastic debris, the machine cycled causing its jaws to close on the employee's left hand. The employee s left thumb was amputated at the base of the fingernail.

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