# Amputations at Exide Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010350` · 1/11/2018 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Exide Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 4115 S Zero St, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to straighten a jar on a sealer machine's assembly line. At the same time, another employee pushed on the opposite side of the jar, causing it to cross the machine's eye. The machine then cycled, and the sealer came down on and amputated the first employee's left index fingertip.

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