# Amputations at Roehm America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076043` · 7/22/2021 · OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Roehm America LLC
- **Location:** 1500 Richard Pruitt Drive, OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, 72370
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing jammed material from a pelletizer with a rotating cutter. As he was removing uncut strands of acrylic from the guide tray, his left index finger was pinched between the two feed rolls of the pelletizer. The rotor blade then cut his finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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