# Amputations at PECO FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021097631` · 9/4/2021 · SEBASTOPOL, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PECO FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 15292 HWY 21 SOUTH, SEBASTOPOL, MISSISSIPPI, 39359
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a metal cover on a frame belt. An end of the cover got caught on some frames passing underneath, causing the cover to pinch the employee's right little finger and ring finger. The little finger was amputated just below the nail.

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