# Amputations at Peco Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018099549` · 9/15/2018 · POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods
- **Location:** 4114 Highway 67 North, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a core bag machine when he attempted to straighten a bag and his left ring finger became tangled in the bag material, causing an amputation to the left ring finger.

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