# Amputations at Covenant Health Systems
> OSHA SIR `2019099858` · 9/20/2019 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Covenant Health Systems
- **Location:** 3615 19th, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a fan belt on an HVAC unit when his left hand got caught up in the belt. The tip of his index finger was amputated.

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