# Amputations at TA Operating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077633` · 7/26/2019 · BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TA Operating, LLC
- **Location:** 3 East Industrial Rd., BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06405
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 26, 2019, a technician was installing a short belt to circumvent the air conditioning system in the engine compartment of a truck. The employee's right second and third fingers got caught between a pulley and drive belt resulting in partial amputations at the first joints.

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