# Amputations at Poly Vinyl Creations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011142` · 10/25/2019 · HUDSON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Poly Vinyl Creations, Inc.
- **Location:** 11313 S.R. 52, HUDSON, FLORIDA, 34669
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a notch on a piece of plastic using a notching machine. The machine caught the employee's finger and caused a partial amputation (skin of the nail and nailbed) to the fingertip.

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