# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Duncan Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2024098575` · 9/15/2024 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Aircraft  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Multiple engine and mechanical parts, whole engine
## Employer
- **Name:** Duncan Aviation
- **Location:** Little Rock Airport, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72202
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing ground tests on an aircraft engine to check for leaks on an exhaust fan. He noticed oil on the alternator surface. He wiped off the oil with a shop rag and his finger contacted the exhaust fan. He sustained a laceration/avulsion to the right index finger leading to partial amputation and surgery.

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