# Amputations at Catalyst Recovery Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076136` · 7/25/2021 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Catalyst Recovery Inc.
- **Location:** 100 American Boulevard, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum. A rotary valve lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers resulting in a partial amputation.

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