# Amputations at Midwest Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021087432` · 8/30/2021 · VALLEY, NEBRASKA
## 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-chain
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 4801 N 264th St, VALLEY, NEBRASKA, 68064
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees had been replacing a conveyor roller. When the conveyor was restarted, an employee's gloves were caught in the chain resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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