# Amputations at MARS PETCARE US
> OSHA SIR `20191111862` · 11/14/2019 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MARS PETCARE US
- **Location:** 10000 ROBERTS BLVD, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72923
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An associate was cleaning and sanitizing a cutter, which housed motor-driven blades used to cut the product created by an extruder. The employee's left thumb  contacted the cutter blades, resulting in an inch-long laceration to the back inner side of the left thumb that in turn caused a partial amputation of the thumb.

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