# Amputations at BEKAERT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016065818` · 6/29/2016 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** BEKAERT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1881 BEKAERT DRIVE, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was redrawing a steel wire to reduce the diameter using a redrawing machine. When he attempted to untangle the wire, it amputated his left pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

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