# Amputations at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas
> OSHA SIR `20161211957` · 12/27/2016 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas
- **Location:** 608 Strickland Drive, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting down an air handler and using a screwdriver to slow the belt down when his left fourth fingertip was caught and amputated in the belt.

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