# Amputations at Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098891` · 9/16/2017 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1451 Sarasota Center Blvd., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34240
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually placing components to be heat welded to film when the employee noticed that the film was sticking to the front of the hole cutter. As the employee was attempting to remove the sticking film, the cutter activated and amputated the right middle fingertip.

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