# Amputations at Clarios
> OSHA SIR `2019054932` · 5/15/2019 · SAINT JOSEPH, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Clarios
- **Location:** 4722 Pear Street, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64503
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pasting line when several plates fell. The employee attempted to remove the plates from under the moving V-belt flattener and suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

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