# Amputations at C. Martin Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010350` · 10/6/2018 · WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** C. Martin Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Building 620, WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, OHIO, 45433
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the alignment and tightness of ventilation system drive belts. A belt snagged the employee's glove, pulling the employee's hand into the machinery. The employee suffered multiple fractures, including an open fracture/fingertip amputation.

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