# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Yamada North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110423` · 11/8/2024 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Yamada North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 9000 Columbus Cincinnati Road, SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO, 45368
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a conveyor belt when their left thumb tip was caught by the belt's chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation. The conveyor belt was not deenergized at the time of the incident.

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