# Amputations at Cintas Uniform Company
> OSHA SIR `20201111071` · 11/23/2020 · YONKERS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cintas Uniform Company
- **Location:** 325 Corporate Blvd. South, YONKERS, NEW YORK, 10701
- **NAICS:** 812331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling garment trolleys along an overhead rail to feed into a chain conveyor. His left glove was caught between a trolley and the conveyor guard, and the tip of his little finger was amputated.

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