# Amputations at Cincinnati Zoo
> OSHA SIR `20161111203` · 11/30/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Mammals, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cincinnati Zoo
- **Location:** 3400 Vine St., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45220
- **NAICS:** 712130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collecting saliva from a hippo when the hippo's mouth closed and caught the employee's left pinky fingertip, amputating it.

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