# Amputations at Advanced Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2015063589` · 6/11/2015 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Roofing
- **Location:** 1950 NW 22nd St, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33311
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 6/11/2015, at 8:55 a.m., an employee working with a roof cutter attempted to seal a hole that was located on the inside panel of the machine. The employee reached into the machine and his glove got caught in the blade, amputating his ring fingertip and lacerating his middle finger. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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