# Amputations involving bone loss at CVS Health Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241211219` · 12/5/2024 · HAINESPORT, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** CVS Health Corporation
- **Location:** 8 Berry Drive, HAINESPORT, NEW JERSEY, 08036
- **NAICS:** 424210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a rooftop HVAC unit when their left hand became caught in the rotating belt of the machine. The employee sustained an amputation of their thumb from the first knuckle.

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