# Amputations at Ozark Empire Distributors
> OSHA SIR `2018044037` · 4/26/2018 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ozark Empire Distributors
- **Location:** 2301 S 1st St, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bagging bread at a bagger machine when it became jammed. As she attempted to unjam the machine, another employee activated the machine, which then amputated an eighth of an inch of her left index fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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