# Amputations involving bone loss at Tractor Supply Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024032158` · 3/9/2024 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tractor Supply Co.
- **Location:** 151 Tractor Drive, MACON, GEORGIA, 31216
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 9, 2024, an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. The employee was lubricating the chain and sprocket of the drive and got excess lubricant on the backside of the conveyor. As he removed the excess lubricant with a rag, the rag was caught in the chain and sprocket pulling part of his right hand into the gears. His little  finger was amputated at the first knuckle, his ring finger was fractured and required sutures, and his middle fingertip was broken and also required sutures.

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