# Amputations at Appliance Direct at Altamonte Springs
> OSHA SIR `2022020993` · 2/2/2022 · ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Appliance Direct at Altamonte Springs
- **Location:** 924 W. State Road 436 Suite 1800, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32714
- **NAICS:** 443141
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an appliance with a hand truck, slipped on water that another appliance had leaked, and fell. The hand truck and appliance fell on him. The employee suffered multiple fingertip amputations as well as back and abdominal injuries.

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