# Amputations at TOKAI CARBON
> OSHA SIR `2019065757` · 6/7/2019 · OZARK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TOKAI CARBON
- **Location:** 3931 CARBON PLANT RD., OZARK, ARKANSAS, 72949
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a manipulator (a piece of equipment used to lift a 50- to 100-pound connecting pin). The employee's right ring finger was caught between the manipulator's handlebar and a metal workstation desk; the fingertip was amputated.

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