# Amputations at Dick Houston Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066543` · 6/28/2019 · HEATH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Dick Houston Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Irvingwick Drive West, HEATH, OHIO, 43056
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While spinning a belt onto a pulley, an employee's right ring and middle fingers were caught and contacted the pulley.  The top of the ring finger was cut off at approximately the top knuckle joint.  The middle finger suffered lacerations and is possibly broken.

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