# Amputations at MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017088116` · 8/23/2017 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 530 Madison St. Ste B, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72762
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a portable welder from the back of a pick-up truck when his right ring fingertip and nail were amputated between the handle of the welder and the pipe rack.

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