# Amputations at Paco Steel of Arkansas
> OSHA SIR `2018077352` · 7/20/2018 · ARMOREL, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Paco Steel of Arkansas
- **Location:** 4949 N County Rd 967, ARMOREL, ARKANSAS, 72310
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were about to weld two steel coils together. An employee was lining up the two pieces so that a clamp could come down to hold them. The clamp came down while the employee's left hand was still under it; his thumb was smashed and the tip was amputated. He was hospitalized.

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