# Amputations at Technical Machining Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021253` · 2/7/2020 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Technical Machining Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1201 N. 8th St., ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam from a welding machine. When the jam was cleared, the machine smashed the employee's right middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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