# Amputations at Gallo Mechanical LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021534` · 2/14/2018 · TYNDALL AFB, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gallo Mechanical LLC
- **Location:** 2580 Highway 98, TYNDALL AFB, FLORIDA, 32403
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was checking a groove that was being machined into pipe when the machine started up and amputated the left index finger from the tip to the second knuckle. Cut resistant gloves were worn at the time.

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