# Amputations at XPO Logistics-DJO Global
> OSHA SIR `2019054522` · 5/3/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics-DJO Global
- **Location:** 3300 Eagle Parkway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76177
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been performing preventative maintenance on a shrink wrap machine. While replacing the chain guard, the employee's glove became caught in the chain drive and he sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

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