# Amputations involving bone loss at RJ Hoffman & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010774` · 1/24/2025 · MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** RJ Hoffman & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 1144 Buckwheat Valley Road, MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17853
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the belt tension on a sawdust blower. The employee's right hand came into contact with the belt, causing the amputation of four fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

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