# Amputations at NICOR GAS
> OSHA SIR `2016054408` · 5/19/2016 · HUDSON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NICOR GAS
- **Location:** 20487 N. 1700 East Road, HUDSON, ILLINOIS, 61748
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the motor and bearing on a cooler unit/fan when his left thumb was caught between a belt and pulley on the unit. He suffered a left thumb distal tip amputation.

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