# Amputations at YARNELL'S ICE CREAM COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015030607` · 3/18/2015 · SEARCY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** YARNELL'S ICE CREAM COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 205 S. Spring Street, SEARCY, ARKANSAS, 72143
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee used their finger to unjam an ice cream carton filling machine. The equipment cycled and caught the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation of the left middle finger.

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