# Amputations involving bone loss at Beacon Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2024032814` · 3/29/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Beacon Building Products
- **Location:** 1644 Atmore Dr, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63136
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a conveyor to convey shingles to a roof. The conveyor's chain and sprocket caught the tip of the employee's left middle finger, amputating it through the finger bone.

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