# Amputations at Primetals Technologies USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212592` · 12/7/2018 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Primetals Technologies USA, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Terra Rd, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up the crane to the lifting collar. The pin would not enter the holes on the lifting collar. When the employee checked the holes for obstructions, the collar shifted and the tip of his left thumb was amputated.

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