# Amputations at Simmons Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010304` · 10/2/2019 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 E. Main St., SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for a piece of chicken on the underside of a hopper conveyor belt when the employee's left hand was caught between the hopper conveyor belt and frame, resulting in an amputated index fingertip and avulsion of the nailbed and flesh.

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