# Amputations at Kwik Trip, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087411` · 8/5/2020 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Kwik Trip, Inc.
- **Location:** 1626 Oak Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a running bottle conveyor when the rag she was holding got pulled into the conveyor, injuring her left hand and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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