# Amputations at Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032651` · 3/22/2017 · GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 South Spur #8, GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS, 71943
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at the end of a conveyor catching long crossouts to be bundled. A crossout landed on the frame of the conveyor rather than falling off the end of the conveyor belt. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the crossout and conveyor frame.

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