# Amputations at Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
> OSHA SIR `2023054429` · 5/18/2023 · BUFFALO, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
- **Location:** 1 Sugar Maple Lane, BUFFALO, WEST VIRGINIA, 25033
- **NAICS:** 333612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt on an HVAC system and pulled the belt to check its alignment. His right little and ring fingers were then pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in amputation of the right ring finger.

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