# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Marshalls Distrubution Center
> OSHA SIR `2017077072` · 7/28/2017 · DECATUR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Marshalls Distrubution Center
- **Location:** 2300 Miller Rd., DECATUR, GEORGIA, 30035
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a conveyor. While using a towel to wipe down the equipment, the employee sustained an avulsion to the left index finger and an amputation to the first knuckle of the left middle finger. The equipment was running at the time.

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