# Amputations at City Market
> OSHA SIR `2016053975` · 5/9/2016 · EL JEBEL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** City Market
- **Location:** 250 East Valley Road, EL JEBEL, COLORADO, 81623
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing the motor and drive bearings inside the main air handler. He lost his balance and caught his finger in the slow turning pulley and belt, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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