# Amputations at AMERICAN WALNUT COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010348` · 1/11/2017 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN WALNUT COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 2801 SOUTH 2ND STREET, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64501
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of wood that was lodged between the rollers and a piece of metal on the conveyor belt using a wrench. The employee's gloved hand was caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

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