# Amputations at SMS Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098229` · 9/7/2023 · OSCEOLA, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SMS Group LLC
- **Location:** 2100 S US Highway 61, OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, 72370
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a split ring onto a roll. As the employee went to reposition and remove the key, the chocking table was activated. This caused the roll to shift and catch the employee's left finger between the roll neck and the chock in the key area of the roll neck. The employee sustained amputation of the left index finger.

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