# Amputations at Superior Concrete Polishing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010217` · 10/3/2018 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Concrete Polishing Inc.
- **Location:** Porsche of Orlando, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32811
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a concrete floor polisher from a vehicle using a lift gate. While trying to stop the polisher from slipping, the employee grabbed a bar that was a part of the machine's suspension system and it moved, pinching the employee's fingers and causing the amputation of the left index and middle fingertips above the first knuckle.

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