# Amputations at Sarasota Herald Tribune
> OSHA SIR `20191011375` · 10/31/2019 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sarasota Herald Tribune
- **Location:** 1800 University Parkway, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34230
- **NAICS:** 322122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a stacking machine when the machine belt suddenly started and amputated the tip of his thumb.

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