# Amputations at SPECTRUM BRANDS - BRIDGETON
> OSHA SIR `2020098689` · 9/12/2020 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** SPECTRUM BRANDS - BRIDGETON
- **Location:** 13260 Corporate Exchange Drive, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance (oiling and lubrication) on a packaging conveyor when the employee saw something on the chain and attempted to wipe it off. The chain caught the tip of the employee's glove and pulled their hand into the drive chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger.

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