# Amputations at KANZAKI SPECIALTY PAPERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017099306` · 9/28/2017 · WARE, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** KANZAKI SPECIALTY PAPERS, INC.
- **Location:** 20 CUMMINGS STREET, WARE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01082
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to place a core plug onto a core of newly slit paper when the plug fell onto a running conveyor belt. As he attempted to retrieve the plug, the belt caught his finger and drew it into a pinch point, amputating his left middle fingertip to the first major knuckle.

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