# Amputations at Hanesbrands Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031577` · 3/30/2015 · CLARKSVILLE, 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:** Hanesbrands Inc.
- **Location:** 1904 W Clark Rd, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 315990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee crawled into a packaging machine to clear a jam. The employee's right thumb got caught under the pressure plate, resulting in surgical amputation of the thumb tip.

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