# Amputations at Kimberly Clark Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017021212` · 2/7/2017 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimberly Clark Corporation
- **Location:** 200A BAY BRIDGE ROAD, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a fan belt on an exhaust fan when his glove was caught and his right thumb tip was partially amputated by the belt.

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