# Amputations at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2015118930` · 11/25/2015 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 1805 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19122
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial amputation while performing maintenance operations on an HVAC system. The system for the pressure door was not shut off at the time of the incident.

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