# Amputations at FLEX-O-LATORS
> OSHA SIR `2021119722` · 11/10/2021 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FLEX-O-LATORS
- **Location:** 1460 Jackson Drive, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching a maintenance employee work on an extruder. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the pulley and the conveyor belt, and the little fingertip was amputated. The extruder was running at the time.

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