# Amputations at QVC, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20161110993` · 11/23/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-live roller
## Employer
- **Name:** QVC, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1000 Stony Battery Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 454113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an overhead conveyor roller when a shaft dropped out of a roller and pinched his finger between two plates, amputating his left index fingertip.

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