# Amputations at Hunter Specialties, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096969` · 9/22/2015 · WINNSBORO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Hunter Specialties, Inc.
- **Location:** 205 Fair Ave, WINNSBORO, LOUISIANA, 71295
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed the guard on a conveyor to perform maintenance. His hand was caught in the chain and sprocket and the left ring fingertip was amputated.

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