# Amputations at Shippers Products
> OSHA SIR `2021086610` · 8/6/2021 · SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Shippers Products
- **Location:** 808 Blake Road, SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS, 72150
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to adjust the pressure rod and tension ball of a slitter machine. The slitter blade amputated the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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