# Amputations at Tampa Maid Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077605` · 7/25/2019 · LAKELAND, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Maid Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 Kathleen Rd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to wipe off the motor of a running blower when the rag was pulled into the blower. He was trying to remove the rag when his left hand contacted the blower fan blades, resulting in a left index finger amputation.

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