# Amputations at Tampa Brass and Aluminum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019088547` · 8/19/2019 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Brass and Aluminum Corporation
- **Location:** 8511 Florida Mining Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee installed a new incline belt and was doing a test run when the incline belt would not start up. The employee was attempting to help the belt move when the belt amputated the employee's left thumb tip.

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