# Amputations at Riceland Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054475` · 5/19/2023 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Riceland Foods Inc
- **Location:** 216 North Gee Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wrapping pallets when the pallet wrapper became stuck near the top. The employee was adjusting the photo eye when their right middle fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket.

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