# Amputations at WORK AREA PROTECTION CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016032288` · 3/16/2016 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## 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-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WORK AREA PROTECTION CORP.
- **Location:** 2500 PRODUCTION DR., SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about March 16, 2016, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an employee was trying to clear a jam on a conveyor that was transporting cones on molds when an automated oven door came down on his hand and pinched his right middle finger, amputating the nail and fingertip. The equipment was not locked out 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*