# Amputations at Dow Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2015074424` · 7/8/2015 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Dow Chemical Company
- **Location:** 3230 Dow Road, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee pinched his finger between a cell and the cell rack while performing an inspection and moving a cell into the cell rack with a crane. In this process, the cell turned and the finger got caught between the cell handle and the rack that it sits on.

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