# Amputations at Coastal Machine and Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2018088430` · 8/16/2018 · LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Machine and Mechanical
- **Location:** 500 College Blvd., LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, 77566
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had changed a bearing on a fan (air handling unit) and was manually checking (rotating by hand) the tension of a drive belt he had reinstalled when his left hand was pulled between the motor and the drive belt pulley, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.

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