# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sanofi Pasteur
> OSHA SIR `20241211645` · 12/17/2024 · SWIFTWATER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fan and turbine parts
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanofi Pasteur
- **Location:** 1 Discovery Drive, SWIFTWATER, PENNSYLVANIA, 18370
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance to an air handler when a fan in the air handler spun and contacted their right middle finger. The finger was caught between the fan and the belt, resulting in a partial amputation.

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