# Amputations at LAMB & ASSOCIATES PACKAGING, INC.|
> OSHA SIR `20161212070` · 12/17/2016 · MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** LAMB & ASSOCIATES PACKAGING, INC.|
- **Location:** 1700 Murphy Drive, MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS, 72113
- **NAICS:** 424130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the press. When he knelt down to check the scrap conveyor belt, his right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was later amputated.

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