# Amputations at KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010646` · 1/25/2021 · SYLVANIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Friendship Road, SYLVANIA, GEORGIA, 30467
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was supporting a machine component by hand while another associate loosened mounting fasteners. The cooling fan blades partially amputated the injured employee's left middle finger (third distal phalanx with acute fracture).

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