# Amputations at Conagra Brands Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021743` · 2/24/2022 · SAINT ELMO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Conagra Brands Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Brewbaker Dr, SAINT ELMO, ILLINOIS, 62458
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a line where bottles had jammed. The employee was looking at jammed bottles on the rail and also for broken links on the conveyor belt. The conveyor was jogged and the employee's left little finger was caught between it and the guard. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation (below the nail) and was hospitalized.

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