# Amputations at Architectural Painting Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022031923` · 3/2/2022 · YIGO, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** Architectural Painting Services LLC
- **Location:** Anderson Air Force Base, YIGO, GUAM, 96929
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a window out of the way to erect outdoor scaffolding. When he set the window down, its latch came off and it slid shut, catching his left middle and ring fingers. He suffered a partial amputation to the middle finger.

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