# Amputations at First Staff Employment
> OSHA SIR `2021010591` · 1/22/2021 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** First Staff Employment
- **Location:** 515 South Phoenix Avenue, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking lumber from a conveyor. The employee's glove came into contact with the conveyor's chain and sprocket, causing the amputation of the employee's right ring fingertip.

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