# Amputations at Fire Training Structures, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054692` · 5/8/2019 · QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Fire Training Structures, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Moon Island Road, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, 02171
- **NAICS:** 999999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a vent fan when it shifted and the employee's right hand was caught between the fan and a storage container. The employee pulled the hand back and the right index finger was de-gloved, resulting in a surgical amputation.

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