# Amputations at Valley Installation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118235` · 11/2/2015 · CLEVES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Installation, LLC
- **Location:** 5537 St Rt 128, CLEVES, OHIO, 45002
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about November 2, 2015, while installing insulation at a customer's home, the employee's hand/finger got caught in the blower belt amputating the finger down to the first joint.

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