# Amputations at Afco Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019011070` · 1/29/2019 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Afco Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 600 S. 28TH STREET, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 29, 2019, three employees were connecting rail cars using a forklift. While connecting the cars, the injured employee noticed the coupler was closed and reached in to open it. His right hand was crushed between the two couplers resulting in surgical amputation of the index, middle and ring fingers.

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