# Amputations at Pepper Source
> OSHA SIR `2016043292` · 4/20/2016 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepper Source
- **Location:** 5800 Alma Highway, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the metal detector with a hose when a ball valve actuator amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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