# Amputations at DSM Biomedical
> OSHA SIR `2020076495` · 7/11/2020 · EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** DSM Biomedical
- **Location:** 735 Pennsylvania Drive, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19341
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an exhaust fan motor. The fan suddenly began to turn, and the employee's thumb was pulled into the pulley and amputated.

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