# Amputations at C & W Facility Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2017021873` · 2/21/2017 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** C & W Facility Maintenance
- **Location:** 3201 Needmore Rd., DAYTON, OHIO, 45414
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee replaced a belt on a vacuum pump. When the employee was checking the belt alignment, his left hand ring finger was caught in a nip point causing a fingertip amputation.

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