# Amputations at Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054846` · 5/17/2018 · CAVALIER, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC
- **Location:** 601 Division Ave South, CAVALIER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58220
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a portable expandable roller conveyor system in the truck loading area when the conveyor system wheel rolled into a divot in the ground and the expandable portion of the conveyor closed on the employee's left middle finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.

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