# Amputations at Wilbert Funeral Services
> OSHA SIR `20201110909` · 11/17/2020 · LAVACA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Wilbert Funeral Services
- **Location:** 24602 Highway 22, LAVACA, ARKANSAS, 72941
- **NAICS:** 339995
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were preparing to pour concrete to manufacture burial vaults. The belt on the concrete auger broke. One of the employees had replaced the belt and was fixing a twist in it, with his left middle finger under it, when the machine was turned on. The fingertip was amputated about 1/4 inch below the nail.

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