# Amputations at Simmons Prepared Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022119906` · 11/10/2022 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Prepared Foods
- **Location:** 8427 State Highway 45, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the line at shift change when she noticed a piece of chicken hanging from the drip pan underneath the incline conveyor. The employee went to remove the piece of chicken and contacted the belt, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.

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