# Amputations at LA Darling Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043664` · 4/24/2017 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** LA Darling Company
- **Location:** 1401 Hwy 49B North, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In the shelf line area, an employee was reaching over a conveyor belt to inspect the welded brackets on a piece of thin sheet metal when her hair got caught in the conveyor belt. The employee used her left hand to try to pull herself free when her left hand got caught in the conveyor belt resulting in amputation of the left pinky fingertip.

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