# Amputations at Lanxess - South Plant
> OSHA SIR `2023054499` · 5/19/2023 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Lanxess - South Plant
- **Location:** 324 Southfield Cutoff, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a self-tipping hopper into a roll off bin. The hopper came back unexpectedly and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. Their left middle finger was also fractured.

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