# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Menards, Store #3132
> OSHA SIR `2024010069` · 1/3/2024 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Menards, Store #3132
- **Location:** 3821 6th Avenue Southeast, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing dust from a conveyor belt when her hand was caught in the conveyor. Skin was removed from the employee's fingers and her left index finger was fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

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