# Amputations at U.S. Dept of Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2023053947` · 5/3/2023 · GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of Transportation
- **Location:** 2000 GSP Drive Suite 5, GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29651
- **NAICS:** 926120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on an HVAC machine in a basement. The fan was coming to a stop when his little finger was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

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