# Amputations at Forest County Potawatomi Community
> OSHA SIR `2017076825` · 7/21/2017 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest County Potawatomi Community
- **Location:** 1721 West Canal Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53233
- **NAICS:** 721120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing a rooftop HVAC machine when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's belt and pulley. The HVAC was running at the time of the incident.

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