# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Cotton Commercial USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109569` · 10/14/2024 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Cotton Commercial USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 5900 Evers Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78238
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning an AC air return, a temporary employee stopped a deenergized fan motor from turning due to wind. As he was inserting a rag between the fan motor's pulley and belt when his index finger was caught between the belt and the pulley. The finger was partially amputated below the nail.

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