# Amputations at Certified Transmission
> OSHA SIR `2019010600` · 1/17/2019 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Certified Transmission
- **Location:** 5322 Center Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68106
- **NAICS:** 811113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sending a part through a pass-through parts washer. He was attempting to guide the part when his glove and finger were caught in the conveyor, pinching his fingertip at the transition from the washer to the roller conveyor. As a result, his right ring fingertip was amputated.

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