# Amputations at Finzer Holding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015041683` · 4/1/2015 · SEARCY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Finzer Holding, LLC
- **Location:** 300 East Lincoln Ave, SEARCY, ARKANSAS, 72143
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinding wheel on an engine lathe to grind a roller into specifications. The employee reached around a guard to adjust a belt. The grinding wheel caught the employee's right index finger, amputating the first joint.

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