# Amputations at Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016064873` · 6/2/2016 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 9675 Range Line Rd, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34987
- **NAICS:** 326212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clean the conveyor belt when his right hand was caught by the conveyor, amputating his ring fingertip.

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