# Amputations at MBS TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015042021` · 4/15/2015 · COLUMBIA, 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-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** MBS TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE, INC.
- **Location:** 2711 W. Ash, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65203
- **NAICS:** 511130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was jogging a conveyor belt to adjust the belt's tracking. The wrench he was using slipped and got caught between the roller and the side of the conveyor, pinning his hand and amputating his right-hand pinky finger at the second knuckle.

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