# Amputations at Technical Machining Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032340` · 3/18/2021 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Technical Machining Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1201 N 8th Street, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coaching another employee on using a stamp machine. The machine was activated while the employee's right hand was in its feeder area. It pressed down on the employee's hand, causing a complete amputation just below the thumb.

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