# Amputations at Express Employment Professionals
> OSHA SIR `2015064214` · 6/30/2015 · TAMPA, 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:** Express Employment Professionals
- **Location:** 5275 Causeway Blvd., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a shear and caught the pinky finger in a nip point. The sheer was activated when the employee accidentally stepped on the pedal resulting in an amputation injury.

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