# Amputations at Delta Building Center
> OSHA SIR `2017043230` · 4/10/2017 · DELTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Building Center
- **Location:** 1796 Hwy. 50, DELTA, COLORADO, 81416
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cut lumber from a conveyor chain when their right pinky finger was caught between the sprocket and chain resulting in a partial amputation and hospitalization.

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