# Amputations at PINE BLUFF CRATING & PALLET
> OSHA SIR `20170812292` · 8/8/2017 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** PINE BLUFF CRATING & PALLET
- **Location:** 2600 PERSIMMON STREET, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71603
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a notching machine when the employee's hand became caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of fingers.

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