# Amputations at Peco Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021076251` · 7/28/2021 · POCAHONTAS, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 4114 US 67 South, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:10 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee inserted a J-shaped hook tool into a leg processor to remove a chicken hind. The machine caught the hook and pulled the employee's hand toward the leg processor's guard. The employee's hand was pinched between the tool and the guard opening, causing an amputation of the little finger above the middle knuckle.

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