# Amputations at Menard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054528` · 5/25/2022 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Menard, Inc.
- **Location:** 5102 North Town Hall Road, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 25, 2022, at 2:00 AM, an employee was using a rag to clean rollers. The employee dropped the rag and when he tried to retrieve it the rollers caught the rag. The employee's right hand was then pulled into the rollers resulting in amputation of the index finger.

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