# Amputations involving bone loss at Supreme Rice, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211446` · 12/11/2024 · MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing
## Employer
- **Name:** Supreme Rice, LLC
- **Location:** 102 south 13th street, MERMENTAU, LOUISIANA, 70556
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was crossing under a conveyor to get to the other side when his jacket sleeve was caught in the conveyor. The employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the machine and he sustained severe lacerations that resulted in surgical amputation of the lower right arm.

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