# Amputations at Fresh Mark - Salem
> OSHA SIR `20211210877` · 12/18/2021 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fresh Mark - Salem
- **Location:** 1735 South Lincoln Avenue, SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to re-assemble a conveyor extension. She lifted the conveyor extension to place the arms in the bracket and lost control of the extension, causing the weight of the conveyor extension to shift and pinch her right ring finger against the conveyor frame. The employee sustained a distal phalanx fracture and her right ring fingertip was amputated.

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