# Amputations at Preformed Line Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2023064952` · 6/5/2023 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Preformed Line Products Company
- **Location:** 2740 South 1st Street, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a cable loop machine and training employees on the set-up procedures. As the employee loaded product, the clamp closed on their left hand and amputated their index finger. The employee had surgery.

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