# Amputations at Universal Limited, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076439` · 7/16/2016 · STEVENSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Limited, Inc.
- **Location:** 1611 Co. Hwy. 85, STEVENSON, ALABAMA, 35772
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling scaffold when a large exhaust fan turned on. The fan blades amputated the employee's right middle fingertip below the nail bed, fractured the right ring finger and lacerated to the right index finger.

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