# Amputations at Sodexo USA
> OSHA SIR `20231211768` · 12/11/2023 · BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodexo USA
- **Location:** Bartlesville High School, BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA, 74003
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an air handling unit. As the employee was confirming that the variable frequency drive startup was sequencing correctly, the motor engaged and the employee's left ring finger was caught in the motor pulley. Their finger was partially amputated.

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