# Amputations at Smithers Oasis
> OSHA SIR `2019010505` · 1/15/2019 · KENT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithers Oasis
- **Location:** 777 Stow Street, KENT, OHIO, 44240
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 15, 2019, an employee was trying to unjam a machine when his finger was caught between a belt and pulley assembly, amputating his right index fingertip.

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