# Amputations at Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107798` · 10/19/2015 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
- **Location:** 660 BENJAMIN DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45502
- **NAICS:** 424480
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on the shipping line conveyor got his right hand caught in the conveyor belt pulley amputating the tip of his fifth digit.

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