# Amputations at Greatwide Distribution Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043464` · 4/17/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Greatwide Distribution Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 225 Portwall Suite 300, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was repairing pallets. After repairs are made, the pallet goes to a conveyor belt/line. The pallet got stuck. As the employee tried to un-jam it, his glove was caught on the chain and his left middle finger was amputated in the moving sprocket chain.

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