# Amputations at Cameron Valves and Measurements, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020837` · 2/27/2015 · LITTLE ROCK, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cameron Valves and Measurements, Inc.
- **Location:** 7200 I-30, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72209
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was polishing stem using two feet of polishing cloth when the cloth and the employee's glove got caught in the rotating stem. The employee's left hand was pulled into the stem, resulting in a left thumb amputation.

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