# Amputations at NAVY EXCHANGE WEST COAST
> OSHA SIR `2019032681` · 3/13/2019 · CHINO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** NAVY EXCHANGE WEST COAST
- **Location:** 4250 EUCALYPTUS AVE, CHINO, CALIFORNIA, 91710
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor when the employee's finger entered a nip point on the conveyor, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The equipment was not de-energized at the time.

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