# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096883` · 9/19/2015 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Broiling and frying equipment and appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
- **Location:** 3800 Progress St, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72114
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the fryer machine located in a Tyson Food poultry plant and partially amputated his left ring finger. The machine was not locked or tagged out when the employee removed the guard and was cleaning the machine.

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