# Amputations at Riceland Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098420` · 9/23/2022 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Riceland Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 216 N Gee Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing rice in cooling bins. The employee tried to get a sample of brown rice; a roller nip point caught the employee's right glove and pulled in the employee's middle finger, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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