# Amputations at Red Collar Pet Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022043096` · 4/7/2022 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Collar Pet Foods
- **Location:** 7502 East 26th Street, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing crusted debris from the sheeter/extraction belt with his left hand when his fingers were caught between the drive roller and tension roller resulting in a degloving injury and amputation of four fingers on the left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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