# Amputations at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010397` · 1/12/2015 · FORT SMITH, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
- **Location:** End of Hwy 112, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was tightening a belt on the wood chipper. After the repair, the employee turned the machine off. While the machine was coasting to a stop the employee got his left hand caught between the belt and pulley of the wood chipper, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.

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