# Amputations at Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC)
> OSHA SIR `2016054346` · 5/18/2016 · FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC)
- **Location:** 3265 Hwy 71 S., FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a Hydro T machine that produces copper plumbing fittings. The employee was clearing a jam and amputated the left middle finger and lacerated the left ring finger.

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