# Amputations at Darlington Snacks
> OSHA SIR `2021021487` · 2/17/2021 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Darlington Snacks
- **Location:** 1401 Junge Boulevard, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on a blower motor. The machinery started and the pulley pulled in the employee's right glove. The employee was injured and underwent a surgical amputation of the right ring finger.

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