# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Memorial Hermann Health System
> OSHA SIR `2025021485` · 2/14/2025 · BELLAIRE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Memorial Hermann Health System
- **Location:** Memorial Hermann - Rockets Orthopedic Hospital, BELLAIRE, TEXAS, 77401
- **NAICS:** 621111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an air handler by placing lubricant on a pulley. Their right glove was caught between a leather belt and the metal pulley, resulting in an amputation to the fifth finger.

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