# Amputations at Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054455` · 5/18/2023 · BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 918 Freeburg Avenue, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62220
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a bander when his finger was caught in the pulley and belt, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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