# Amputations at Arkansas Children's Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2018054409` · 5/7/2018 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Trip over an object without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkansas Children's Hospital
- **Location:** 1 Childrens Way, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72202
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing the humidity in an air handler unit that supplies air to a clinical laboratory. While exiting the air handler, the employee tripped on a 7-inch lip on the step down. The employee fell forward and caught his left index finger between the door and the doorframe, resulting in an amputation of the left index fingertip.

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