# Amputations at Tampa Steel Erecting Company
> OSHA SIR `2016109693` · 10/13/2016 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Steel Erecting Company
- **Location:** 5127 BLOOMINGDALE AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the alignment on a blasting machine while it was locked out. The injured employee reached into the machine to check clearance when another employee rotated the wheel by hand. The injured employee suffered the amputation of 3/16 of the index finger.

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