# Amputations at Rheem Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098102` · 9/2/2023 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rheem Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 4100 S Zero St, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load sheet metal on a stamping machine. The machine activated and her finger was caught by a metal clamp. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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