# Amputations at Liberty Post & Barn Pole, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065964` · 6/13/2019 · BRISTOL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Post & Barn Pole, Inc.
- **Location:** 9206 NW Dempsey Barron Rd., BRISTOL, FLORIDA, 32321
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 13, 2019, an employee was standing on a post peeler machine by the motor watching his two coworkers change out a busted hydraulic hose. His coworkers turned on the machine. After the machine was energized, his right middle fingertip was amputated with bone loss by the machine's moving belt.

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