# Amputations at Big Lots, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096847` · 9/18/2015 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Phillipi Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on the conveyor motor and amputated the tips of the right thumb and index fingers.

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