# Amputations at ALSCO INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010978` · 1/31/2017 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** ALSCO INC.
- **Location:** 1213 S DIVISION AVE, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32805
- **NAICS:** 812331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a chain and sprocket assembly on a laundry folding machine when his glove was pulled in between the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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