# Amputations at RED HAWK CASINO
> OSHA SIR `2018077423` · 7/23/2018 · PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RED HAWK CASINO
- **Location:** 1 RED HAWK PARKWAY, PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 95667
- **NAICS:** 713210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was doing preventive maintenance on a fan belt. The motor to the belt started, and the fan blade amputated the employee's right little finger. The disconnect was off 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*