# Amputations at Trouth Air Conditioning & Sheet Metal
> OSHA SIR `2022119865` · 11/9/2022 · SULPHUR, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Trouth Air Conditioning & Sheet Metal
- **Location:** 1212 Whitaker Street, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70665
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was caught in a brake press when it activated. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed from middle knuckle to fingertip, and the employee suffered amputations to all three fingers.

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