# Amputations at Boral Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010973` · 1/30/2018 · LAKE WALES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Boral Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Story Rd, LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, 33898
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was repairing the broken shaft on the drum of the conveyor that had been locked out.  His finger was pinched between the shaft and the drum. When he removed his finger, the fingertip was amputated.

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