# Amputations at Syracuse University
> OSHA SIR `2019043936` · 4/17/2019 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## 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:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Syracuse University
- **Location:** 111 College Place, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13209
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.

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