# Amputations at Capital Fire Protection, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016076364` · 7/14/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Capital Fire Protection, LLC
- **Location:** 1201 Louisiana, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to retrieve a tool from another section of the cooling tower. En route, his pinky finger (left) was caught in the belt/pulley system of a maintenance fan as he passed by, amputating the fingertip.

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