# Amputations at Superior Performance
> OSHA SIR `2022119708` · 11/4/2022 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Performance
- **Location:** 122 Youngsville Highway, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the oil on a hydraulic hoist when the hoist rotated, causing the employee's right index finger to become caught in the hoist and amputated below the first knuckle.

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