# Amputations at Cooper Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021375` · 2/11/2020 · SAINT HENRY, OHIO
## 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:** Cooper Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** Cooper Farms Processing, SAINT HENRY, OHIO, 45883
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 11, 2020, an employee was using a hose to spray off equipment. The employee attempted to move a conveyor belt, but its casters were locked; the employee's left hand slipped into the running conveyor belt, which amputated the middle fingertip.

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