# Amputations at FLUOROTEK USA INC
> OSHA SIR `20191010945` · 10/19/2019 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FLUOROTEK USA INC
- **Location:** 1301 W 13th Street, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened the release latch on the bottom of a mixer to allow materials to exit the hopper. His hand then entered the latch opening and the mixer severed his left index finger. The mixer was turned on at the time of the incident.

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