# Amputations involving bone loss at Zerodraft Residential, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087719` · 8/21/2024 · AVA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Industrial vacuums
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Zerodraft Residential, Inc.
- **Location:** 6232 Beartown Road, AVA, NEW YORK, 13303
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cellulose insulation from an attic space using an insulation removal vacuum. The employee's hand was caught in the machine resulting in amputation of their right index finger. The vacuum machine was running at the time.

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