# Amputations at Willis Knighton Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022043033` · 4/5/2022 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Willis Knighton Medical Center
- **Location:** 2400 Hospital Dr., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the belt on a rooftop air conditioning unit. He was trying to stop the belt when it pulled his gloved hand into the pulley, causing amputations to his right middle, ring and little fingers.

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