# Amputations at DRiV Automotive, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110540` · 11/15/2023 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DRiV Automotive, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Hwy 49B, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 336330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that presses sleeves into rod guides. The employee went to straighten a sleeve that was misaligned on one of the assemblies moving into the ram position. The employee s left middle finger got caught between the ram and the sleeve, resulting in a fracture and a fingertip amputation.

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