# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Edsal Manufacturing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032581` · 3/18/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Edsal Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4400 S. PACKERS AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was validating an exhaust fan belt installation by checking the tightness. The unit's power engaged causing the belt to spin and amputate the employee's left middle fingertip.

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