# Amputations at Riceland Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119637` · 11/2/2022 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Riceland Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 107 East First Street, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging rice hulls from a machine. The machine's rotary valve amputated the pad of the employee's left middle finger.

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