# Amputations at Aerex Industries, Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020054772` · 5/22/2020 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerex Industries, Corp.
- **Location:** 3504 Industrial 27th Street, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34946
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a hydraulic shear machine. He was attempting to turn a cylinder that was being processed when his fingers were caught in the shear. Two fingers were amputated.

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