# Amputations at PRESTRESSED CASTING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181213229` · 12/28/2018 · DECATUR, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes-other mobile cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** PRESTRESSED CASTING COMPANY
- **Location:** 9802 S Hwy 59, DECATUR, ARKANSAS, 72722
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was untangling the whip line and main line of a crawler crane. The employee finished untangling the crane lines and the crane began to move. The main line caught the employee's hand, causing an amputation to the left index finger past the cuticle, an amputation to the left middle finger halfway into the nail bed, and a fractured ring finger.

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