# Amputations at PECO FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022109259` · 10/21/2022 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** PECO FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 625 S. ALLEN STREET, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pushing a large empty plastic tub into position. The tub was on its side, and one employee's hand was on a short leg at the bottom of the tub, when that employee's left little finger was caught between the tub leg and a roof support beam. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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