# Amputations at PEAK RESORTS
> OSHA SIR `2019054530` · 5/3/2019 · WILDWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Ski lifts, gondola rides
## Employer
- **Name:** PEAK RESORTS
- **Location:** 17409 Hidden Valley Dr, WILDWOOD, MISSOURI, 63025
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a ski lift motor. The employee was removing a coupling from the gear box when his finger was pinched between the belt and pulley. His left ring fingertip was amputated.

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