# Amputations at The Southern Company
> OSHA SIR `2015107575` · 10/12/2015 · CONWAY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** The Southern Company
- **Location:** 1555 Exchange Ave, CONWAY, ARKANSAS, 72034
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to line up a symmetrical pump in a pit. The pump dropped on both hands causing severe lacerations to both hands and a partial left finger amputation.

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