# Amputations at Hopper Air Conditioning & Heating Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017043500` · 4/18/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## 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:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Hopper Air Conditioning & Heating Co.
- **Location:** 13532 N. Central Expressway, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75243
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a fresh air intake fan. The electrical source of energy was locked out, but the residual sources of energy were in the process of being locked out when his hand was caught in the pulleys resulting in the amputation of his left pinky at the knuckle and amputation of the ring, middle, and index fingers.

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