# Amputations involving bone loss at HEPNER AIR FILTER SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025077016` · 7/18/2025 · BEREA, 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** HEPNER AIR FILTER SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 50 W. Bridge, BEREA, OHIO, 44017
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a screen on a rooftop HVAC unit when the rotating exhaust fan blade contacted their right index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation at the first knuckle.

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