# Amputations at Tenneco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010300` · 1/10/2019 · PARAGOULD, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Highway 49B North, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading shocks onto a machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the machine cuff and shock. As a result, the employee's right fifth digit was amputated to the first knuckle.

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