# Amputations at Fort Recovery Industries
> OSHA SIR `2020109625` · 10/9/2020 · FORT RECOVERY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fort Recovery Industries
- **Location:** 2440 State Route 49, FORT RECOVERY, OHIO, 45846
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a recompression evaporator when a moving fan blade inside the machine lacerated his left ring and little fingers. The employee underwent surgery, and the little finger was medically amputated.

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