# Amputations at Suncoast Metals, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015030901` · 3/2/2015 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Suncoast Metals, LLC.
- **Location:** 2050 51st St., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34234
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was pulling copper out of the copper shear when he felt pressure on his left thumb finger. His fingertip was cut when he tried to pull his thumb out.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*