# Amputations involving bone loss at Vertix Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2025021265` · 2/8/2025 · NEW ALBANY, OHIO
## 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:** Conveyors screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertix Recycling
- **Location:** 13425 Worthington Road, NEW ALBANY, OHIO, 43054
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 9, 2025, an employee's hand was caught in an auger conveyor, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

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