# Amputations at Tokusen USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043254` · 4/13/2022 · CONWAY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tokusen USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 South Amity Rd., CONWAY, ARKANSAS, 72032
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to load a spool into a machine. He was trying to align the drive lugs with his left hand, working the controls with his right hand, when the machine caught his left glove. His thumb was pulled into the arbor housing. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

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