# Amputations at PCH Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20180910027` · 9/27/2018 · FLORENCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PCH Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Cox Creek, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting preventive maintenance with two other people. One person was responsible for turning the power switch for the motor of a rotating floor. While the motor was in operation, the employee's hand was near the pulley and his right middle finger was caught in the belt, resulting in an amputation at the top joint.

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