# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Medxcel
> OSHA SIR `2024054006` · 5/7/2024 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Medxcel
- **Location:** 5151 N. 9th Ave, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32504
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a smell coming from an HVAC unit. They shut the unit off and checked to see if the belt was hot and smoking when their left hand contacted the belt that was still moving, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger.

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