# Amputations at Airco Gases Southwest
> OSHA SIR `20211210908` · 12/20/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Airco Gases Southwest
- **Location:** 3880 Irving Blvd, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75247
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a truck liftgate when his left ring finger became caught in the gate, 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*