# Amputations at Marvin Allan Door Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054456` · 5/16/2017 · FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Marvin Allan Door Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Womack Army Medical Center, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28311
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had just repaired an overhead door chain in an ambulance garage and was climbing down a 12-foot A-frame ladder. His left hand was resting on the chain he just repaired when a paramedic came in and activated the switch to raise the garage door. His hand was caught between the chain and sprocket to the garage motor, amputating both middle fingertips.

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