# Amputations at Kohl's Department Stores
> OSHA SIR `2019077443` · 7/21/2019 · DESOTO, TEXAS
## 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:** Kohl's Department Stores
- **Location:** 2019 N. Interstate 35 East, DESOTO, TEXAS, 75115
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing preventative maintenance on a conveyor motor. The employee was using a rag to wipe off excess lubricant from the motor's housing when their right hand became caught in the sprocket and chain on the motor resulting in the right index finger being amputated to the first knuckle.

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