# Amputations at Labor Max Staffing
> OSHA SIR `20181111679` · 11/13/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Labor Max Staffing
- **Location:** Valley View School, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79915
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an HVAC unit when his left hand entered the unit and contacted the belt, resulting in an amputation injury to his left middle and ring fingers. The unit was running at the time.

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