# Amputations at Belleville Shoe South, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065869` · 6/11/2019 · DEWITT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Belleville Shoe South, Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 S Jackson St,, DEWITT, ARKANSAS, 72042
- **NAICS:** 316210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 11, 2019, an employee was using a powered press to heat-press leather sheets together. The machine crushed the employee's left ring finger as it closed. The finger was surgically amputated.

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