# Amputations at AmeriPride Services
> OSHA SIR `2017088259` · 8/28/2017 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## 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:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** AmeriPride Services
- **Location:** 400 SE 1st Ave, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 812320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing monthly preventative maintenance and wiping excess grease off a chain, an employee's left hand may have become caught in the chain and sprocket, amputating the second, third, and fourth fingers.

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