# Amputations at PINE BLUFF ARSENAL
> OSHA SIR `2017098591` · 9/7/2017 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PINE BLUFF ARSENAL
- **Location:** 10020 KABRICH CIRCLE, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a station that packs parachutes into canisters. The hydraulic ram on the parachute packing machine initiated out of sequence, catching the employee's glove. She was able to extract her hand from the glove, but not before the end of the ram entered the canister and amputated her right middle fingertip.

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