# Amputations at Shearer's Foods
> OSHA SIR `2016109583` · 10/11/2016 · NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shearer's Foods
- **Location:** 3636 Medallion Avenue Newport, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pumping a pipe pump and unhooked the air hose when she noticed something was still in the pump. As she attempted to wipe it out, the pump amputated the distal part of her right middle finger.

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