# Frostbite at Fullmer Auto Company Texas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211180` · 12/27/2022 · SYRACUSE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Frostbite
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental cold
- **Source:** Cold-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Fullmer Auto Company Texas, LLC
- **Location:** 3200 S Hwy 27, SYRACUSE, KANSAS, 67878
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working during a cold weather event to break ice from water troughs for calves. The employee suffered frostbite in his fingers, resulting in surgical amputations to six fingers.

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