# Amputations at PANERA BREAD COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016032184` · 3/12/2016 · SAINT LOUIS, 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:** PANERA BREAD COMPANY
- **Location:** 2511 Hanley Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63144
- **NAICS:** 445291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to align the conveyor belt when his right thumb was caught between the rollers, amputating the thumb below the fingernail. The belt was in motion at the time of the incident.

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