# Amputations at SMS Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021264` · 2/10/2022 · OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** SMS Group LLC
- **Location:** Big River Steel, OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, 72370
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to load a roll. The employee had the crane's remote in his right hand while lining the hoist strap up with his left hand. The strap tightened and pinched his left index and middle fingers against the roll, amputating both fingertips.

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