# Amputations at Airgas
> OSHA SIR `2023098871` · 9/26/2023 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas
- **Location:** 8775 E 93rd Pl, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a cryogenic liquid cylinder onto a cart to move onto a truck when their finger was caught between the cylinder and the cart frame. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated and they lost a nail.

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