# Amputations at Simmons Prepared Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017087670` · 8/10/2017 · DECATUR, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Prepared Foods Inc
- **Location:** 185 W Roller Ave,, DECATUR, ARKANSAS, 72722
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing intestines from chickens on a shackle line when her right thumb become lodged and amputated in a shackle.

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