# Amputations at SCHOLASTIC
> OSHA SIR `2022010154` · 1/7/2022 · JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHOLASTIC
- **Location:** 6336 ALGOA ROAD, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, 65101
- **NAICS:** 424920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a spiral conveyor. As the employee cleaned excess lubricant away with a rag, the chain on the conveyor caught the rag and pulled in the employee's right hand. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger.

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