# Amputations at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `20161010041` · 10/25/2016 · LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania
- **Location:** 60 East Main Street, LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17540
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a guard from a conveyor belt motor to check the chain and sprockets for tension. The employee reached toward the running chain and sprocket and his left thumb was caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in an amputation of 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of the thumb. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

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