# Amputations involving bone loss at PINE BLUFF ARSENAL
> OSHA SIR `20241211293` · 12/6/2024 · PINE BLUFF, 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** PINE BLUFF ARSENAL
- **Location:** BLDG 32-620, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sampling slugs at a press when their right thumb was amputated above the first knuckle in the die of the press.

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