# Amputations at NAVFAC
> OSHA SIR `2015096899` · 9/19/2015 · INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** NAVFAC
- **Location:** 4600 Power Plant Drive, INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND, 20640
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was checking an electric fan motor and amputated the left ring finger in the belt and pulley.

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