# Amputations at SoulCycle
> OSHA SIR `2016076656` · 7/21/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gymnasium and exercise equipment
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** SoulCycle
- **Location:** 12 West 27th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10001
- **NAICS:** 713940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and adjusting the chain on the stationary fixed gear bike (35 pound flywheel) when the towel in his right hand got caught in the chain pulling his right hand in between the cog and chain and amputating the right index fingertip.

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