# Amputations at JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2017054459` · 5/16/2017 · BLYTHEVILLE, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.
- **Location:** 5027 N. COUNTY ROAD 1015, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaning against a guard that rotates a product conveyor when his glove became caught in a gap on the conveyor and began rotating. As he pulled his hand out of the glove, his left ring fingertip and nail were amputated.

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