# Amputations at Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098674` · 9/11/2020 · PATASKALA, OHIO
## 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-chain
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Heritage Drive, PATASKALA, OHIO, 43062
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a conveyor using a rag. The rag got caught on a live chain drive and pulled the employee's right index finger into the chain drive resulting in a partial amputation.

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