# Amputations at Cantex Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043393` · 4/14/2017 · AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cantex Inc.
- **Location:** 202 Progress Rd., AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA, 33823
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machinery line to make PVC pipes when a pipe became stuck or misaligned. The employee was attempting to fix the problem when his right middle and ring fingers were smashed between two pipes, amputating the fingers to the first joint.

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