# Amputations at Elite Mechanical LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110848` · 11/27/2023 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Mechanical LLC
- **Location:** Salt + Smoke, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63102
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a smoker. As they were adjusting the belt, the smoker turned on, catching the employee's left middle finger in a pulley, 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*