# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hollowell Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032318` · 3/11/2025 · WEST HELENA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Rollers, cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Hollowell Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 315 N. Sebastian, WEST HELENA, ARKANSAS, 72390
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 11, 2025, an employee was operating a vinyl extrusion machine. As they were correcting a defect in the vinyl sheet, their right ring finger was caught by the vinyl and pulled into the roller. The fingertip was amputated.

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