# Amputations at Alcom, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032434` · 3/17/2022 · DELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcom, LLC
- **Location:** 2526 West NY Avenue, DELAND, FLORIDA, 32720
- **NAICS:** 336214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a trailer in a yard. The trailer bumped into an empty argon cylinder; as the employee attempted to prevent the cylinder from falling, his right hand was caught between the cylinder and trailer. His index finger was amputated.

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