# Amputations at Coastal Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088045` · 8/7/2018 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Flashing
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 2713 Chapman Oaks Dr., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32257
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the roof (new two story house) fixing an incorrectly installed metal flashing. As he was lifting the metal flashing to add a peel stick, a roof drip edge flashing came out of its box and landed on his left hand, resulting in the amputation of his left middle finger from the first joint.

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