# Amputations at Army and Air Force Exchange Service
> OSHA SIR `20161211434` · 12/7/2016 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Army and Air Force Exchange Service
- **Location:** 3108 N Boundary Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33608
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading bags of ice when the ice machine became jammed. The employee was using a metal pole to unload the auger when the auger grabbed the pole and pinned the employee's left index finger to the machine, amputating the fingertip.

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