# Amputations at KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010226` · 1/8/2020 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 600 KAWNEER DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72765
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were repositioning an extrusion press's tail stretcher. The head stretcher was moved closer to the tail stretcher while one employee's right hand was on the material flow table. His little finger was pinched between the metal and the table, suffering an amputation.

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