# Amputations at Unicon Operating Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010201` · 1/8/2021 · CAVE CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Unicon Operating Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1219 Highway 167, CAVE CITY, ARKANSAS, 72521
- **NAICS:** 115210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance work on a mechanical poultry harvester. The machine amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

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