# Amputations at Airgas Refrigerants
> OSHA SIR `2017065735` · 6/22/2017 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas Refrigerants
- **Location:** 4311 Denny Ave., PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a tank flipper when his right middle and ring fingers were crushed and amputated between two pieces of equipment.

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