# Amputations at Hallmark Cleaners, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099379` · 9/9/2019 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## 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-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Hallmark Cleaners, Inc.
- **Location:** 5869 Ridgewood Rd., JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39211
- **NAICS:** 812320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing clothing/hangers onto a moving screw conveyor. A hanger got caught in the screw conveyor, and as the employee was removing it, their left index finger got caught in the conveyor and the end of the finger was amputated.

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