# Amputations at Highland Pellets LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181112036` · 11/24/2018 · 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Highland Pellets LLC
- **Location:** 5601 Industrial Drive North, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a belt onto a scalping machine. The machine was activated and four fingers on the employee's right hand were amputated.

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