# Amputations at Monin, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076190` · 7/26/2021 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Monin, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Range Road, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33765
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working drilling holes to mount a controller box to a running conveyor belt. The employee was checking for metal edges or burr when his left middle finger got caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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