# Amputations at Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077638` · 7/26/2019 · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 725 W. University Drive, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60004
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an automatic pool cover machine when his left middle finger was caught in the moving parts, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

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