# Amputations at Hospital Central Services
> OSHA SIR `20231110577` · 11/16/2023 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hospital Central Services
- **Location:** 2139 28th Street Southwest, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the torque limiter on the sprocket of a battery-powered walk-behind floor scrubber when the chain caught his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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