# Amputations at ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064929` · 6/8/2022 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.
- **Location:** 5711 Rs Boreham Junior Street, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72901
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in the paper-cutting device of an insulator when paper fed into the point of operation and the employee's left thumb became caught in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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