# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053200` · 5/27/2015 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3800 Progress Ln, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72114
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a lid on a tumbler vat that hinged at the bottom and swung downward. The employee was using a chain to lift the lid and the chain slipped catching the employee's left ring finger, removing the fingernail and underlying skin.

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