# Amputations at Worksource, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087073` · 8/1/2016 · LOWELL, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Worksource, Inc.
- **Location:** Darragh Company, LOWELL, ARKANSAS, 72745
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending rebar when the rebar-bending table he was working at activated while his finger was in the danger area. His left pinky finger was pinched between the machine and the metal rebar, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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