# Amputations at Rita Temporaries, Inc./Rita Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2017032619` · 3/22/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rita Temporaries, Inc./Rita Staffing
- **Location:** Key Safety Systems, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was removing a part from a neck down machine when the machine was activated via the foot control. His left middle fingertip was then caught and amputated in the machine's nip point.

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