# Amputations involving bone loss at Air Hydro Power
> OSHA SIR `2024043173` · 4/10/2024 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Hydro Power
- **Location:** 3200 Riverside Drive, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25705
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mobile technician was working at a customer location to repair a piece of machinery. The technician manually rotated a belt and caught their left ring finger between the belt and pulley, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

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