# Amputations at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2023098171` · 9/5/2023 · NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Long Island Jewish Medical Center
- **Location:** 270-05 76th Avenue, NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK, 11040
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a fan belt when his right middle finger was caught between the pulley and belt. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated.

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