# Amputations at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `20231110952` · 11/30/2023 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- **Location:** 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11418
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder replacing a wire to a motor that was attached to an HVAC duct. The motor was shut off but the pulley and the belts were still rotating when the employee's glove was caught and his right ring and middle fingers were amputated.

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