# Amputations at Sears Auto Center 6392
> OSHA SIR `2017010060` · 1/4/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sears Auto Center 6392
- **Location:** 104 White Oaks Mall, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62707
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a vehicle and had his left hand in the motor belt when a coworker started the vehicle. The motor belt then moved and amputated his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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