# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024109416` · 10/9/2024 · NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation
- **Location:** 1450 Chapel Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06511
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt on an HVAC system motor when a rag used to rotate the belt and pulley system became caught, pulling his right hand into a pinch point. The employee sustained a laceration to his thumb and a little fingertip amputation.

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