# Amputations at Stateside Steel & Wire, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016020949` · 2/1/2016 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stateside Steel & Wire, LLC
- **Location:** 304 Wyanoke Road, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the weaving machine, which was de-energized, when his right pinky finger was caught in the sector gear. His fingertip was amputated (no bone loss).

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