# Amputations at Midlands Carrier Transicold
> OSHA SIR `20181010820` · 10/19/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Midlands Carrier Transicold
- **Location:** 13986 Valley Ridge Dr., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a belt on a refrigeration unit when the unit started. His thumb was pulled into the belt/pulley system, causing a partial thumb amputation.

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