# Amputations at Air Filters Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2022064887` · 6/7/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Filters Incorporated
- **Location:** 8282 Warren Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to install a package air conditioning unit on a custom build table stand. The unit was set down but the corner did not go all the way down and struck the employee's left hand, resulting in amputations of the middle and ring fingertips.

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