# Amputations at OK Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210374` · 12/2/2021 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** OK Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 4601 North 6th Street, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened the hatch of a meat processing machine for maintenance to remove product from underneath the machine. The hatch bumped and smashed the employee's left ring fingertip between the machine and the hatch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the nail.

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