# Amputations at OTIS Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `20171010223` · 10/25/2017 · AVENTURA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** OTIS Elevator Company
- **Location:** 2960 NE 207th Street, AVENTURA, FLORIDA, 33180
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping an elevator mechanic install an elevator when his left index finger was caught and amputated in the pulley.

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