# Amputations at Simmons Prepared Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022032654` · 3/24/2022 · GENTRY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Prepared Foods
- **Location:** 9802 State Highway 59, GENTRY, ARKANSAS, 72734
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a water hose to unclog a heart and liver separator machine. The machine was turned on while one employee's hand was inside it, and an auger under it amputated the tip of his right index finger. He was hospitalized.

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