# Amputations at JBT AeroTech Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017087887` · 8/16/2017 · WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** JBT AeroTech Corporation
- **Location:** 2000 Post Road suite 7, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02886
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the tension on a v-belt as part of preventative maintenance. When he grabbed the belt, it suddenly activated and pulled his hand into the pulley system, amputating his right ring and middle fingertips. The belt was unguarded and the conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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