# Amputations at Whirley Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043226` · 4/4/2018 · WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirley Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 West Harmar Street, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16365
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a belt on an exit conveyor when the belt pulled his left middle finger in and around the pulley, amputating his fingertip. The conveyor was running at the time.

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