# Amputations at Malcolm Meats Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043630` · 4/21/2017 · NORTHWOOD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Malcolm Meats Company
- **Location:** 2665 Tracy Rd., NORTHWOOD, OHIO, 43619
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was sanitizing a metal wire mesh conveyor belt. The employee dropped the wire mesh conveyor belt and it landed on his fingertip resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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