# Amputations at Metro Express People, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211023` · 12/20/2022 · BOISE, IDAHO
## 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:** Car or vehicle washing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Express People, LLC
- **Location:** 6606 W State Street, BOISE, IDAHO, 83714
- **NAICS:** 811192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was repairing a sensor in a car wash tunnel. The employee's jacket became entangled in the conveyor and it pulled him up, resulting in severe injuries to the right hand and forearm as well as a partial finger amputation.

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