# Amputations at Freightliner of Bridgeport
> OSHA SIR `2017076984` · 7/26/2017 · SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Freightliner of Bridgeport
- **Location:** 400 Heron Drive, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08085
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing routine maintenance on an HVAC unit, an employee's shirt was caught in the pulley. The employee reached to pull their shirt free and sustained a right pinky fingertip amputation.

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