# Amputations at US Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `20191112353` · 11/29/2019 · NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Wheelchairs-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 6900 North Pecos Road, NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 89086
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a patient in an electrically operated chair when his finger was caught in between the metal parts of the chair, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

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