# Amputations at DRiV Automotive, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054037` · 5/17/2021 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DRiV Automotive, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Hwy 49B, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 336330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a stamper machine. The part-sensing proximity switch was malfunctioning. The employee reached through the part access opening in the guard to adjust the proximity switch bracket. The machine cycled, causing the employee's left middle finger to be pulled between the arbor and the embossing stamper. The finger was amputated between the first and second knuckles.

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