# Amputations at SIMMONS FOODS, INC
> OSHA SIR `20201212038` · 12/28/2020 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SIMMONS FOODS, INC
- **Location:** #5 MAIN STREET, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/28/2020 at 7:45 AM, an employee was freeing a bag that was caught in the product bagging machine and amputated his left index finger.

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