# Amputations at RIVIANA FOODS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098650` · 9/8/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** RIVIANA FOODS INC.
- **Location:** 611 E. Marceau St., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63111
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a conveyor system when the chain and sprocket partially amputated the employee's index finger.

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