# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at American Machine & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024042927` · 4/3/2024 · ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** American Machine & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 273 Industrial Park Road, ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36310
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an exhaust fan and removed the fan shroud. While reaching for something, his right hand contacted the fan blades. He sustained a partial amputation of the index finger and a laceration on the thumb and middle finger.

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