# Amputations at West Prairie Grain
> OSHA SIR `2021010346` · 1/13/2021 · WEINER, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** West Prairie Grain
- **Location:** 8873 Raybourn Road, WEINER, ARKANSAS, 72479
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the whitener system in a rice refinery machine. The system's blades amputated his right index and middle fingertips.

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