# Amputations at Airgas USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076970` · 7/26/2017 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas USA LLC
- **Location:** 4101 Robertson Road, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53714
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving carts to be loaded onto a truck when his left middle fingertip was crushed and amputated between two cart handles.

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