# Amputations at MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2018088564` · 8/20/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 3015 N. Ballas Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63131
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the blade to a microtome machine when it was activated via the foot pedal. The blade then amputated the employee's left fingertip. The machine was energized 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*