# Amputations at Americarb
> OSHA SIR `2020054206` · 5/5/2020 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Americarb
- **Location:** 6100 Niagara Falls Boulevard, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was changing the filter in a dust collector. A fan in the hose caught his finger and amputated the fingertip.

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