# Amputations at Lakeway Publishers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032422` · 3/16/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lakeway Publishers, Inc.
- **Location:** 7060 Havertys Way, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 519130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting down the stacker machine and amputated the right ring finger to the first joint when the machine caught his finger between the belt and the gear.

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