# Amputations at Riviana Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021712` · 2/20/2020 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Riviana Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 505 Port Rd., FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77542
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a metal sheet on a flip forming and bending machine when his gloved hand was pulled in between the rollers, crushing his middle and index fingertips.

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