# Amputations at Air Gas USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010972` · 1/30/2015 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Gas USA, LLC
- **Location:** 858 Distribution Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got his finger caught between a pallet and a platform, while a forklift operator was lowering the pallet down onto the platform.  Employee suffered an amputation.

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