# Amputations at Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010487` · 1/15/2019 · GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC.
- **Location:** 25300 Hwy 1, GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA, 70357
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for a crescent wrench and dropped his flashlight. He reached for the falling flashlight and his hand contacted the fan blade of a running generator engine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index fingertip and a laceration between the thumb and index finger on the right hand.

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