# Amputations at Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065185` · 6/4/2020 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC
- **Location:** 45 N Magnolia Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32801
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a 550-pound blower on a generator engine. While the employee was raising the blower into position with a half-ton chain, the blower was caught between the generator and its A-frame. While being pulled loose, it swung and caught the employee's right little finger against the generator's A-frame. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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