# Amputations at Federal Correctional Complex - Federal Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2017076526` · 7/14/2017 · FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Correctional Complex - Federal Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** UNICOR, FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, 72335
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling scrap from a beam saw when the compressor/die came down and crushed his left ring fingertip between pieces of wood. As he pulled his hand back, his fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

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