# Amputations at Harvest Rice Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077136` · 7/16/2018 · MCGEHEE, 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:** Harvest Rice Inc.
- **Location:** 1232 Highland St, MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS, 71654
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a packaging machine. He tried to pull the packaging film between the machine's cutting jaws, which closed and amputated the tip of his left index finger. At the time of the incident, the machine's safety doors were closed and the safety switches were not activated.

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