# Amputations at MAX AIR TECHNOLOGY
> OSHA SIR `20171211564` · 12/6/2017 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** MAX AIR TECHNOLOGY
- **Location:** 751 Hoff Rd., O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 334519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a control valve assembly. His left ring finger was in the valve opening when he applied air to test the valve. The valve moved and amputated his fingertip.

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