# Amputations at Simon & Schuster, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022020991` · 2/1/2022 · RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **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:** Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Front Street, RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY, 08075
- **NAICS:** 511130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading boxes onto a conveyor when the conveyor stopped. When the conveyor belt restarted, it struck the employee's right hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the right little finger.

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