# Amputations at The Chicago Zoological Society dba Brookfield Zoo
> OSHA SIR `2021108703` · 10/8/2021 · BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Chicago Zoological Society dba Brookfield Zoo
- **Location:** 3300 Golf Road, BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS, 60513
- **NAICS:** 712130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating belt drive pulley components in an air handling unit. A belt and pulley caught the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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