# Amputations at Livestock Nutrition Center
> OSHA SIR `2022021693` · 2/22/2022 · QUANAH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Livestock Nutrition Center
- **Location:** 507 East Nelson Street, QUANAH, TEXAS, 79252
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the tension on a chain drive for a conveyor belt. The employee's glove caught on the chain, which snagged the employee's right ring finger. The first joint of the fingertip was amputated.

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