# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus
> OSHA SIR `2024087160` · 8/6/2024 · CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus
- **Location:** 2065 Harlem Road, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the belt tension on an air handler unit. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the belt and a pulley and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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