# Amputations at Natural State Recycling
> OSHA SIR `20181212400` · 12/3/2018 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Natural State Recycling
- **Location:** 4501 Thibault Rd., LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While trying to fix a pulley and tarp system on a shred truck, an employee sustained the amputation of half an inch of the middle digit on the right hand.

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