# Amputations at Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020065927` · 6/25/2020 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 444 NE 7th St., FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33304
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being tied to a buck hoist. While the elevator was descending, the counterweight amputated his left hand.

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