# Amputations at Menard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111467` · 11/7/2018 · PLANO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Menard, Inc.
- **Location:** 2611 Eldamain Rd., PLANO, ILLINOIS, 60545
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a transfer conveyor located at about knee level that moves dimensional lumber into a sorting and stacking machine when he noticed that a board was stuck on the conveyor. As he attempted to unjam it, a running chain and sprocket power transmission apparatus caught his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation at the middle knuckle. The conveyor was guarded 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*