# Amputations at West Point Dairy Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065806` · 6/24/2017 · WEST POINT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** West Point Dairy Products, LLC
- **Location:** 1715 E Road, WEST POINT, NEBRASKA, 68788
- **NAICS:** 311512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 24, 2017, at 10:50 a.m. an employee was attempting to reinstall a conveyor belt that had slipped of its tracks when his finger became caught in the moving belt and the roller, amputating his right ring fingertip.

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