# Amputations at Airgas Dry Ice
> OSHA SIR `2021042791` · 4/3/2021 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas Dry Ice
- **Location:** Airgas Dry Ice Production Facility, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 4/3/2021, an employee was stacking dry ice on a production line when the saw that cuts the dry ice jammed. The employee attempted to clear the jam when the saw contacted his fingers, resulting in hospitalization and subsequent amputation of his left ring and pinky fingers.

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