# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024109777` · 10/21/2024 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
- **Location:** 1302 1st Ave, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a chain pulley system and replacing a metal belt chain. He manually applied the chain onto a sprocket. While pulling the chain to connect it to the other end, tension on the chain was lost, causing the employee's thumb to slip and contact the metal sprocket catch. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.

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