# Amputations at C&W Services
> OSHA SIR `2018033113` · 3/31/2018 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## 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:** C&W Services
- **Location:** 250 Emerald Drive, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60433
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on conveyor belts and checking a malfunctioning belt when his finger was caught between the belt and the conveyor frame, amputating his fingertip. The conveyor was running at the time.

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