# Amputations at Florida Independent Truck Repair, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065967` · 6/18/2018 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Independent Truck Repair, Inc.
- **Location:** 2709 Meadow Ln, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33901
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing mechanical work on a military truck. The truck started up and the alternator belt caught the employee's right hand. The tip of the employee's index finger was amputated.

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