# Amputations at Buffalo Rock Company
> OSHA SIR `2016043502` · 4/27/2016 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Rock Company
- **Location:** 111 Oxmoor Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35226
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to turn off the conveyor using the control sequence lights when his left glove was caught and pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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