# Amputations at QVC, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20181212729` · 12/12/2018 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** QVC, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1000 Stony Battery Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 454113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a conveyor line. While performing the repair, the conveyor line started and the employee's thumb was caught in the chain and sprocket causing a partial amputation of his thumb.

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