# Amputations at North Central Stamping
> OSHA SIR `20161112020` · 11/22/2016 · O FALLON, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** North Central Stamping
- **Location:** 920 Lonestar Drive, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packaging components as they came off the press when his glove was snagged on the hexagon-shaped component of the conveyor, amputating the tip of his left index finger from the fingernail to the first knuckle.

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