# Amputations at Sloan Valve Co
> OSHA SIR `20171211763` · 12/11/2017 · AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sloan Valve Co
- **Location:** 2719 Business Highway,, AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS, 72006
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee locked out an in-liner machine system and attempted to lift the flask and set it back on its designed track. The flask slipped off the side of the track that was supporting it, and the employee's finger was caught between the track and the 300-pound flask, resulting in an amputation.

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