# Amputations at IKO Southeast Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088484` · 8/17/2018 · SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA
## 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:** IKO Southeast Inc.
- **Location:** 1708 Sylacauga Fayetteville Hwy, SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35151
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a locked-out cooling section of an exhaust fan. The employee's hand was caught in the nip point of a belt and pulley in the fan; the employee suffered an amputation of the right little fingertip and a broken right ring finger.

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