# Amputations at Northwestern Memorial Health Care
> OSHA SIR `2017076798` · 7/21/2017 · LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwestern Memorial Health Care
- **Location:** 660 N. Westmoreland Rd., LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60045
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on a return air ventilation fan when the employee's small left finger was caught in the in-running nip of the belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip.

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