# Amputations at Payless Shoesource, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110894` · 11/20/2016 · BROOKVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Payless Shoesource, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Collective Way Suite A, BROOKVILLE, OHIO, 45309
- **NAICS:** 448210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating a drive chain on a conveyer when his rag and hand were drawn into the chain and sprocket, partially amputating his finger.

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