# Amputations at Davis Iron & Metals
> OSHA SIR `2019043972` · 4/18/2019 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Davis Iron & Metals
- **Location:** 611 S 23rd St., VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a metal obstruction from a bailer guide when the ram moved and pinned the employee's right index finger between the scrap metal and the bailer resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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