# Amputations at PEPPER SOURCE, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2021064953` · 6/17/2021 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PEPPER SOURCE, LTD
- **Location:** 11103 N Old Wire Rd, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine with a ball valve that was leaking. The employee was trying to identify the issue when the valve actuated and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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