# Amputations at Staples, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021674` · 2/14/2019 · LONDON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Staples, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 East High Street, LONDON, OHIO, 43140
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee contacted an open gear at the gear box under a conveyor belt and amputated the right index fingertip.

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