# Amputations at Kettering Adventist Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2018099999` · 9/27/2018 · KETTERING, OHIO
## 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:** Kettering Adventist Healthcare
- **Location:** 3636 Southern Blvd, KETTERING, OHIO, 45429
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting tissue blocks on a microtome machine when the employee's right index finger became stuck in the blade, amputating the fingertip.

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