# Amputations at EAST COAST PACKERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015129192` · 12/5/2015 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** EAST COAST PACKERS, INC.
- **Location:** 2130 Old Dixie Highway, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34946
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Saturday, December 5, 2015, at about 9:25 AM, an employee processing fruit on a conveyor belt attempted to remove a grapefruit. His finger got stuck in the roller spreader and the end joint of his right-hand middle finger was amputated.

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