# Amputations at Eldridge Supply Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076471` · 7/23/2022 · LAKEVIEW, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eldridge Supply Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Jonathan Gschwend Farm, LAKEVIEW, ARKANSAS, 72642
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a cylinder on a combine tractor. The cylinder reel slipped and dropped onto the employee's left hand, amputating the thumb and breaking the middle finger.

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