# Amputations involving bone loss at Wetzel County Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024054477` · 5/21/2024 · NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **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:** Fan and turbine parts
## Employer
- **Name:** Wetzel County Hospital
- **Location:** 3 East Benjamin Drive, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26155
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed the panel from an HVAC unit to look at the belt. The employee pushed on the belt and the unit's fan activated and amputated the distal phalanx of their right index finger.

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