# Amputations at BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018089038` · 8/31/2018 · HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC
- **Location:** 5835 Plunkett St, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, 33023
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a metal piece with a shear and suffered an amputation injury to the right thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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