# Amputations at Sims Bark Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010223` · 1/9/2023 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sims Bark Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1765 Spring Valley Road, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting bags in a bagging machine when her left ring finger got caught in a belt and pulley. The employee suffered lacerations to her finger that resulted in a fingertip amputation to the distal joint.

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