# Amputations at Southern Bakeries LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065221` · 6/13/2016 · HOPE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Bakeries LLC
- **Location:** 2700 E 3rd St, HOPE, ARKANSAS, 71801
- **NAICS:** 311811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the drive bracket on a conveyor when the conveyor activated. His left thumb tip was caught and amputated in the conveyor chain. The conveyor was unguarded and not locked out at the time of the incident.

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