# Amputations at Meylan Special Services
> OSHA SIR `20201010310` · 10/30/2020 · REDFIELD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Demolition or blasting explosion
- **Source:** Explosives, blasting agents, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Meylan Special Services
- **Location:** 1100 White Bluff Road, REDFIELD, ARKANSAS, 72132
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a pole with an explosive charge on the end of it, which was being used to de-slag a boiler. The explosive charge ignited and caused lacerations to the employee's left hand which resulted in amputation of the hand.

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