# Amputations at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2019032476` · 3/7/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 10900 EUCLID AVE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44106
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:00 p.m. on March 7, 2019, an employee was performing preventive maintenance on fans/belts on the HVAC system. He was working on a vertical stack of components that included four belts, working from top to bottom. The bottom belt pulled in his left hand, causing the partial amputation of three fingers. He was hospitalized.

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