# Amputations at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `20201010125` · 10/24/2020 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 60 Yuma St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80223
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An associate was putting lids on pans on a conveyor belt when the belt jammed. The associate was trying to fix the jam when his gloved left hand got caught in the conveyor. The employee's left ring finger was amputated.

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