# Amputations at AMERICAN FABRICATION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018066409` · 6/27/2018 · BLACKFOOT, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN FABRICATION, INC.
- **Location:** 415 W. Collins Road, BLACKFOOT, IDAHO, 83221
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually turning a V-belt drive and belt on an air handling unit when his hand and glove were pulled into the belt and pulley, amputating his left pinky fingertip below the first knuckle.

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