# Amputations at General Engines Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054915` · 5/31/2017 · LAKE WALES, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** General Engines Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 14893 Hwy 27, LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, 33859
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using metal shears when the shear amputated his left fourth finger.

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