# Amputations at U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2019099882` · 9/20/2019 · BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** Federal Correctional Complex, BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA, 27509
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a diesel generator's turbo chamber when the employee's hand entered the chamber to see if the turbo was functioning properly. The generator then amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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