# Amputations at United Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018032534` · 3/14/2018 · BENTONVILLE, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** United Industries Inc
- **Location:** 1900 East Central Avenue, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean grease from the bottom roll of a laminator when a moving roll grabbed the rag and pulled the employee's fingers into the roll. The employee's right index finger had to be surgically amputated at the first joint, and the right middle finger had to be surgically amputated at the second joint. The laminator was running at the time of the incident.

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