# Amputations at MISSOURI COOPERAGE
> OSHA SIR `2019021446` · 2/8/2019 · LEBANON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSOURI COOPERAGE
- **Location:** 1078 S Jefferson Ave, LEBANON, MISSOURI, 65536
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the heading department near a molder and dropped a hand warmer into the conveyor belt. The employee attempted to retrieve the warmer and suffered a partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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