# Amputations at Academy, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2015031197` · 3/14/2015 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Academy, Ltd.
- **Location:** 1800 North Mason, KATY, TEXAS, 77449
- **NAICS:** 423910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance repair on a conveyor system that transports product throughout the distribution facility. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated when he attempted to remove a chain from a motor sprocket that drove the conveyor system.

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