# Amputations at Evans Army Community Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2018099438` · 9/12/2018 · FORT CARSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Evans Army Community Hospital
- **Location:** 1650 Cochrane Circle, FORT CARSON, COLORADO, 80913
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slicing a zucchini on a floor mixer with a slicer attachment when the zucchini became lodged in the slicer. The employee was attempting to dislodge it when the top portion of the employee's left ring finger was caught in the slicer, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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