# Amputations at CLM Pallet Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2017010720` · 1/23/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** CLM Pallet Recycling
- **Location:** 8502 Delport Drive, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a chain and sprocket conveyor when the machine restarted and amputated the distal tip of his left ring finger up to the first knuckle.

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