# Amputations at The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109356` · 10/30/2021 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 87 18th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the belt and pulley system of a conveyor. His gloved right hand was caught in the belt and pulley when the machine started, resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb.

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