# Amputations at Dynamic Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021533` · 2/20/2021 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## 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:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dynamic Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 15000 Lambda Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78245
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a metal air handler hood. It would not fit properly, so he wedged a 2-inch by 4-inch piece of wood in. As he was about to press it with a scissor lift, the wedge slipped out and the hood caught his left middle finger amputating it at the knuckle.

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