# Amputations at Comfort Systems USA
> OSHA SIR `2021021079` · 2/5/2021 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Comfort Systems USA
- **Location:** 210 S Broadway Street, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a rooftop heater when the v-belt pulley pulled the employee's glove inward, resulting in the amputation of his thumb.

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