# Amputations at American Environmental Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015041878` · 4/9/2015 · LAKELAND, 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:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** American Environmental Container Corporation
- **Location:** 2302 Lasso Lane, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33801
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a table saw, cutting cardboard tubes used to reinforce pools, when he suffered a right-hand thumb amputation. His thumb was severed across the nail bed.

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