# Amputations at Howard Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032366` · 3/5/2019 · MEDWAY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC
- **Location:** 11490 Gerlaugh Rd., MEDWAY, OHIO, 45341
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, looking into an attic to take pictures for a house inspection. The ladder slipped and the employee fell. The employee's left middle finger was amputated to the first joint.

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