# Amputations at Reefer Systems, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016010523` · 1/19/2016 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reefer Systems, Inc
- **Location:** 2700 E 4th Ave, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67504
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair a carrier truck. When checking the slippage on the alternator belt, the system started and pulled the employee's right thumb through the pulley resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip at the hospital.

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