# Amputations at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2019054455` · 5/2/2019 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- **Location:** University Drive C, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15240
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing and manually turning a bearing when his left ring fingertip was amputated.

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