# Amputations involving bone loss at Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043690` · 4/28/2024 · MARENGO, OHIO
## 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Cardinal Dr., MARENGO, OHIO, 43334
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2024, around 11:08 AM, a maintenance technician was working on the chain and sprocket of a conveyor system and sustained an amputation of their right index finger when the conveyor belt restarted.

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