# Amputations at ACIS, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099726` · 9/20/2018 · PROSPER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
- **Secondary source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ACIS, Inc.
- **Location:** 1970 University Drive, PROSPER, TEXAS, 75078
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a filter on an air conditioning unit when his ladder slipped. The employee grabbed the side of the unit and their hand struck a piece of angle iron projecting from the unit as it slid down amputating his pinky finger.

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