# Amputations at Level 3 Communications LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021902` · 2/28/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Level 3 Communications LLC
- **Location:** 60 Hudson Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10013
- **NAICS:** 517410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had de-energized an HVAC unit in order to adjust tension on the belts. Ambient air flow caused the blower wheels to rotate and the employee's left middle finger was caught between the blower wheel and belt resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

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