# Amputations at Ecovery, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020054216` · 5/5/2020 · LOXLEY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecovery, LLC.
- **Location:** 26320 Railroad Ave., LOXLEY, ALABAMA, 36551
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear debris that was causing noise in a machine's dust collection system. His hand was inside the discharge chute when the dust collection blades partially amputated his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers at the first joint past the nail.

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