# Amputations at BEKAERT CORP
> OSHA SIR `2015010698` · 1/22/2015 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BEKAERT CORP
- **Location:** 1881 BEKAERT DRIVE, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was making adjustments to a fence staple manufacturing machine. The employee was working on the machine when the flywheel came down, catching his hand between the flywheel cutter and stationary cutter. The employee's left thumb was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

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