# Amputations at Richelieu Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032147` · 3/11/2021 · BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Richelieu Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 Industrial Drive, BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN, 53916
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing pizza from a conveyor line when their gloved finger became caught between the conveyor belt and a belt roller resulting in a fractured finger, a fingertip amputation, and a nail avulsion.

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