# Amputations at The Times Daily
> OSHA SIR `2015118820` · 11/21/2015 · FLORENCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Times Daily
- **Location:** 219 W. Tennessee St., FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating equipment identified as a paster and amputated the right thumb tip when it was caught in the machine while trying to remove a scrap of paper.

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