# Amputations at Proctor & Gamble
> OSHA SIR `2021054045` · 5/18/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Proctor & Gamble
- **Location:** 169 East Grand Ave, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing plates between conveyors when their left thumb was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation.

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