# Amputations involving bone loss at Ruthrauff Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032253` · 3/13/2024 · BRACKENRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruthrauff Service, LLC
- **Location:** 100 River Road, BRACKENRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15014
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an HVAC system at a customer location when his right hand contacted the fan belt and pulley, amputating his thumb to the first knuckle.

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