# Amputations at WVA Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2023109223` · 10/5/2023 · ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WVA Manufacturing
- **Location:** US Route 60 East, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the second level of a silo. While they were making sure the belt pulley were not seized up, the belt was powered on, causing the employee's finger to get caught in the sheave. Their left little finger was partially amputated.

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