# Amputations at Opal Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032487` · 3/19/2022 · ROGGEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Opal Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 9575 WCR 73, ROGGEN, COLORADO, 80652
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a manure scraper pulley. The employee lifted the cover on the motor with the belt and pulley and grabbed the belt to check its tension. The motor turned on and the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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