# Amputations at QUANTICO MARINE BASE
> OSHA SIR `2017065489` · 6/15/2017 · QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** QUANTICO MARINE BASE
- **Location:** 3250 CATLIN Avenue, Suite 101, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, 22134
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a belt on an HVAC system when the employee's fingers were caught in a pulley, amputating the right middle fingertip and ring finger above the second knuckle.

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