# Amputations at Blueline Mechanical, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021515` · 2/14/2020 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Blueline Mechanical, LLC
- **Location:** 4611 107 Cir N, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shear press to cut metal and cardboard. The press activated while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation and amputated the top of the employee's left middle finger.

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