# Amputations at Civil Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076121` · 7/13/2022 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Civil Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Dr,, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was replacing bearings and belts on a blower motor. Three belts on the shaft had been removed. An employee was reinstalling the belts between the motor and the blower when his right middle finger was caught between the belt and the pulley. The fingertip was amputated.

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