# Amputations involving bone loss at Father Flanagan's Boys Home
> OSHA SIR `2024109579` · 10/15/2024 · BOYS TOWN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Father Flanagan's Boys Home
- **Location:** 14092 Hospital RD., BOYS TOWN, NEBRASKA, 68010
- **NAICS:** 623990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During maintenance work on an exterior fan, wind gusts caused the fan to rotate. The fan pulley system amputated two of an employee's fingers.

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