# Amputations at Morrilton Packaging Company
> OSHA SIR `2016010783` · 1/27/2016 · MORRILTON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Morrilton Packaging Company
- **Location:** 51 Blue Diamond Drive, MORRILTON, ARKANSAS, 72110
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary worker operating the bacon slicer caught his right pinky in the bacon slicer. This resulted in a medical amputation of the employee's right pinky fingertip.

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