# Amputations at Mars Petcare Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018076580` · 7/1/2018 · AURORA, NEBRASKA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Mars Petcare Inc
- **Location:** 1055 West Highway 34, AURORA, NEBRASKA, 68818
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reapplying thread seal tape on the surface of a conveyor belt's metal transfer plate when the employee's right middle finger and right index finger became pinched between the conveyor belt and the metal transfer plate. The employee suffered a fracture/partial amputation to the right index finger (distal to joint) and right middle finger (distal to joint).

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