# Amputations at Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2022021602` · 2/18/2022 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing
- **Location:** 8101 E 32nd St, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a top sheet in front of the photo eye on a conveyor. The conveyor turned on and pinched the employee's right ring finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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