# Amputations at A-1 Block Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099986` · 9/26/2018 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** A-1 Block Corporation
- **Location:** 1617 S. Division Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32805
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pallet jam from a block machine when the machine's chain and sprocket amputated his right middle fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out 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*