# Amputations at FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE
> OSHA SIR `2015074752` · 7/16/2015 · VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE
- **Location:** 13777 AIR EXPRESSWAY BLVD., VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92394
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee inside the penitentiary was greasing the motor on an air handling fan. His fingers got caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in three-quarter fingertip amputation and small lacerations to his other fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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