# Amputations at Federal Bureau of Prisons - USP Mendota
> OSHA SIR `2017010618` · 1/19/2017 · MENDOTA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prisons - USP Mendota
- **Location:** 33500 W California Avenue, MENDOTA, CALIFORNIA, 93640
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on a tractor alternator belt when a coworker started the engine. The employee's right second and third fingertips were then amputated by the moving belt.

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