# Amputations at Shopko Stores Operating Co, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043690` · 4/25/2017 · BOISE, IDAHO
## 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-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Shopko Stores Operating Co, LLC
- **Location:** 1001 E Gowen Road, BOISE, IDAHO, 83716
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a conveyor motor cover, when four of the fingers on his right hand were crushed by a chain and sprocket in the running motor. One fourth of the right index finger was later amputated at the hospital. The conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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