# Amputations at Big John Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020065097` · 6/2/2020 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Big John Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 25 Rock Products Rd, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were assembling part of a tree spade. A pin in the stabilizer leg was not aligning in its hole properly. One employee was trying to find the groove between two bushings in the pinhole when the pin was pulled out, amputating the employee's left middle finger.

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