# Amputations at Presence Mercy Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2016042979` · 4/9/2016 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Presence Mercy Medical Center
- **Location:** 1325 N. Highland Avenue, AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60506
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 9, 2016, an employee's hand was caught in an air handler between the belt and pulley. The employee's fourth left-hand finger was amputated.

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