# Amputations at Sharp Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099276` · 9/7/2018 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sharp Corporation
- **Location:** 7451 KEEBLER WAY, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually moving a belt on an HVAC unit when three of the employee's fingers were pinched 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*