# Amputations at Pace Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016021489` · 2/17/2016 · HARRISON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pace Industries Inc
- **Location:** 513 Hwy 62/65 N Bypass, HARRISON, ARKANSAS, 72601
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's middle finger was caught in-between the hydraulic cylinder and the platen while trying to move the die that was hooked up to the overhead gantry crane hoist. The employee's middle left finger was partially amputated.

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