# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Phibro rCB
> OSHA SIR `2024043464` · 4/21/2024 · NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Phibro rCB
- **Location:** 61 A Carthage Point Dr, NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, 39120
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the belts on a blower machine. After powering the machine down, the employee began to manually rotate the belt to look at the motor. His fingers became caught between the motor pulley and the belt resulting in the amputation of two fingertips and the loss of a fingernail from a third finger.

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