# Amputations at OK Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111156` · 11/21/2017 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** OK Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 4201 Reed Lane, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to catch and rehang a chicken in the evisceration area when his third right-hand finger contacted an oil gland machine's cutting blade, amputating his fingertip and causing an underlying fracture.

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