# Amputations at Glatfelter Advanced Materials NA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109548` · 10/5/2017 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Glatfelter Advanced Materials NA, LLC
- **Location:** 8201 Chad Colley Blvd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually rotating a transfer drum when his hands and fingers contacted the cutting mechanism inside the drum. His right ring and middle fingers were amputated, and his left hand was lacerated.

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