# Amputations at Omnimax
> OSHA SIR `2017021802` · 2/25/2017 · HELENA, 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:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Omnimax
- **Location:** 215 Phillips 324 Road, HELENA, ARKANSAS, 72342
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rollers that apply chemical treatment and paints to metal coils when his hand was caught in the metal coils. His right pinky finger, ring finger, and thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.

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