# Amputations involving bone loss at GAF Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024076009` · 7/4/2024 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GAF Corporation
- **Location:** 5138 Madison Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.

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