# Amputations at F&M MAFCO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021031945` · 3/3/2021 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** F&M MAFCO, INC.
- **Location:** 4500 South Avalon st, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a track bolt on a crane using a pry bar and a wrench. As he loosened the wrench, the pry bar slipped, causing the chain to fall and pinch the employee's left thumb between the chain and the bolt. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb tip.

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