# Amputations at COMARCO PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171212112` · 12/21/2017 · CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** COMARCO PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 501 JACKSON STREET, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, 08104
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving 2-pound bags of product from a conveyor belt to shipping boxes when the employee's left hand became caught in a nip point on the belt, amputating the pinky fingertip.

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