# Amputations at Jim C. Hamer Company
> OSHA SIR `2017065288` · 6/9/2017 · WEBSTER SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Jim C. Hamer Company
- **Location:** 111 Mill Run Road, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26288
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 9, 2017, at approximately 8:00 p.m., an employee was servicing a front-end loader. The employee was preparing to change an air filter on the front-end loader when the employee's right hand made contact with the alternator fan, amputating the index, middle, and ring fingertips. The loader was running at the time of the incident.

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