# Amputations at Blaise Alexander Lewistown, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210353` · 12/2/2021 · BURNHAM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Blaise Alexander Lewistown, Inc.
- **Location:** 12951 Ferguson Valley Road, BURNHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17009
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a running vehicle elevated on a vehicle lift and was sanding the vehicle's serpentine belt. The employee's right ring finger got caught in the running serpentine belt and a pulley and amputated.

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