# Amputations at CINTAS
> OSHA SIR `20171211771` · 12/12/2017 · PAINESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CINTAS
- **Location:** 800 RENAISSANCE PARKWAY, PAINESVILLE, OHIO, 44077
- **NAICS:** 812331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a steam tunnel. The employee was greasing a fitting and attempting to spin the fan using the pulley belt when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

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