# Amputations at WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2018088707` · 8/23/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 660 S. EUCLID, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to change out a belt on a fan when his left thumb was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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