# Amputations at MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119658` · 11/8/2021 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
- **Location:** 2700 Central Avenue, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a collator when the conveyor belt stopped. While he was checking the conveyor belt, the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of a finger.

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