# Amputations at Simmons Feed Ingredients
> OSHA SIR `2019088822` · 8/25/2019 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Feed Ingredients
- **Location:** 1113 East Ashley Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an auger out of a metal cylindrical screen to clean meat residue off the auger when it slipped from his hand. The fourth finger on his left hand was then pinched between the auger he was lifting and the screen that was resting on the floor, resulting in a distal fingertip amputation.

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