# Amputations at Airgas Store
> OSHA SIR `2021119608` · 11/6/2021 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas Store
- **Location:** 1250 West Washington Street, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 6, 2021, an employee was using a wrench to release pressure from a carbon dioxide supply pipe. The pipe had been venting and it suddenly stopped. As the employee was checking the pipe, it disconnected and smashed his right index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee suffered bruises too all three fingers and an amputated middle fingertip.

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