# Amputations at Reed's Metals Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021126` · 2/4/2020 · BENTON, 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Reed's Metals Inc
- **Location:** 12655 I-30 South, BENTON, ARKANSAS, 72015
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bending machine. He was putting pieces of trim in the machine. His fingers were on the top of a metal piece when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The machine amputated his left index finger and crushed his right index and middle fingers.

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