# Amputations at Ozark Empire Distributors
> OSHA SIR `2015020702` · 2/23/2015 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ozark Empire Distributors
- **Location:** 2301 S 1st St, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee's right ring finger was amputated after it came in contact with the blade on a bread divider. During a jam, a photo electric eye is supposed to shut the machine down. The photo electric eye malfunctioned as the employee reached into the machine resulting in the ring finger amputation.

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