# Amputations involving bone loss at Jackson Industrial, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021229` · 2/8/2024 · LOCKESBURG, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Jackson Industrial, Inc.
- **Location:** 3014 Hwy 71 N, LOCKESBURG, ARKANSAS, 71846
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a metal plate on a shear when his foot contacted the foot switch and the clamping cylinders came down to clamp the plate in place. The tip of his right index finger was crushed by one of the cylinders, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

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