# Amputations at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2022087082` · 8/10/2022 · CHARLOTTE HALL, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, CHARLOTTE HALL, MARYLAND, 20622
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the belt on an HVAC system when his left hand was caught in the belt. The employee's left index and middle fingertips were amputated.

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