# Amputations at Langston Companies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018055226` · 5/29/2018 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sewing, stitching machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Langston Companies, Inc
- **Location:** 1100 North 7th St, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a sewing machine's feeder belt that was not moving when his right ring and middle fingers went between the belt and the pulley and the machine started, amputating his right ring fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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